13. | Charlotte of Valentinois was born on 30 Sep 1898 in Constantine, Algeria, North Africa (daughter of Louis Honore Charles of Monaco, II and Juliette Marie Louvet); died on 16 Nov 1977 in Paris, Seine, ÃŽle-de-France, France; was buried in Marchais, France. Notes:
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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:
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