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Princess Charlotte of Monaco

Charlotte Grimaldi (September 30, 1898 - November 15, 1977) was a Princess of Monaco.

Born Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet in Constantine, Algeria, she was the illegitimate daugh ter of Marie Juliette Louvet (1867 - 1930), and Prince Louis II of Monaco (1870 - 1949).

Charlotte's mother was married to, in 1885, Achille Delmaet, 1860-1914, a photographer. Late r divorced, they had two children: Georges, 1884-1955, and Marguerite, 1886-1894. At some poi nt, Louvet moved to Algeria, where she worked as a cabaret singer or a laundress (sources dif fer) and met the heir to the Monegasque throne. Though it is sometimes alleged that a marriag e between the two occurred, Charlotte, born in 1898, was declared an illegitimate child. Thou gh he took full responsibility for his daughter's upbringing, eventually Prince Louis left Ju liette to return to his duties in Monaco.

A political crisis loomed for the Prince because, without any other heir, the throne of Monac o would pass to the duke of Urach, a German prince, related through Prince Albert's aunt, Flo restine.

To ensure this did not happen, on November 15, 1911 a law was passed recognizing Charlotte a s Louis's daughter, and making her part of the sovereign family. This law was later held to b e invalid under the 1882 statutes. Thus another law was passed in 1918 modifying the statute s to allow the adoption of an heir, with succession rights. Charlotte was adopted by Louis i n 1919, and became Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi, Hereditary Princess of Monaco, and Duc hess of Valentinois.

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A year after being recognized as princess, Charlotte's marriage was arranged to Count Pierr e de Polignac (1895 - 1964) of Guidel, Morbihan, Brittany, France who, by ordinance of Loui s II, took the Grimaldi name and received the title of Prince of Monaco. They would have tw o children:

Family/Spouse: Prince Pierre Marie Xavier De Polignac. Pierre was born on 24 Oct 1895 in Constantine, Algeria, North Africa; died on 10 Nov 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Princess of Monaco Antoinette Louise Grimaldi was born on 28 Dec 1920.
2. Prince of Monaco Rainier Grimaldi, III was born on 31 May 1923 in Monaco; died on 6 Apr 2005 in Monaco.

Louis + Juliette Marie Louvet. Juliette (daughter of James Louvet) was born on 09 May 1867 in Constantine, Algeria, North Africa; died on 24 Sep 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marie Juliette Louvet (May 9, 1867 - September 24, 1930) was mistress of Prince Louis II of M onaco and was the mother of his only child, Princess Charlotte of Monaco.

Known as Juliette, Louvet was the daughter of Jacques Henri Louvet (1830 - 1910) and his firs t wife, Jos©bphine Elmire Piedefer (1828-1871).

She married photographer Achille Delmaet on October 6, 1885 (his best known photographs are n udes of La Goulue, a cancan dancer of the Moulin Rouge). The Delmaets were divorced on Januar y 14, 1893; they had two children, Georges (1884-1955) and Marguerite (1886-1894).

Juliette Louvet became an entertainer of sorts, reportedly a cabaret singer (other sources id entify her as a laundress and a dressmaker), then was Prince Louis' lover. She gave birth t o their daughter, Charlotte, in Algeria on September 30, 1898.

Albert + Mary Victoria Douglas Hamilton. Mary (daughter of William Alexander Anthony Douglas-Hamilton and Princess of Baden Marie Amelia Elizabeth Caroline) was born on 11 Dec 1850 in St James' Place, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died on 14 May 1922 in Budapest, Pest, Hungary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles + Antoinette De Merode Ghislaine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Princess of Baden Marie Amelia Elizabeth Caroline on 23 Feb 1843 in Ducal Palace, Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden. Marie (daughter of Prince Karl Ludwig of Baden and Stephanie Luise Adrienne Napoleone Beauharnais) was born on 11 Oct 1818 in Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died on 18 Oct 1888 in Baden, Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]