- AKA: Bianca Grimaldi
- AKA: Marguerite del Carretto
- 1454-1457: Lady-Consort of Monaco
Lady Blanche del Caretto Grimaldi was born 1432 in Finale Ligure, Savona, Liguria, Italy to Galeotto I Del Carretto, 8th Marquis of Finale (1400-1450) and Vannina Adorno (1407-1448) and died 1458 Monaco, Monaco of unspecified causes. She married Catalano Grimaldi (1415-1457) 1450 JL .
Blanche del Carretto (1432 – 1458), was Lady of Monaco by marriage to Catalan, Lord of Monaco. She has also been called Marguerite del Carretto.[1]
She was the daughter of Galeotto I del Carretto, Margrave of Finale. Blanche and Catalan had only one child. Her husband designated their daughter Claudine as ruler of Monaco upon his death. When he died in 1457, he was succeeded by their daughter Claudine, then only a child, but the regency government was assigned to Blanche's mother-in-law Pomellina Fregoso rather than to Blanche.[1] Pomellina was deposed by Claudine's cousin Lambert in 1458, who assumed the Lordship of Monaco himself. Blanche died the same year of the accession of Lambert.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Claudine Grimaldi (1451-1515) | 1451 Monaco, Monaco | 19 November 1515 Monaco, Monaco | Lamberto Grimaldi d'Antibes (c1420-1494) |
| Giovanni Grimaldi (c1452-) | |||
| Rainier Grimaldi (c1453-) | |||
Siblings
Residences
See Also
- Blanche Caretto
- Caretto Family
- Caretto in Monaco
- Caretto in Savona
Bibliography
- Pemberton, H. The History of Monaco: Past and Present. Tinsley Brothers. London: 1867. URL: https://archive.org/details/historyofmonacop00pemb
- Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.) Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, volume II, table 201.
- Michel-Yves Mourou, Princesses de Monaco, Editions du Rocher, Monaco, 2010. ISBN 2268068714
External Links
- wikipedia:en:Blanche del Carretto
- Blanche del Carretto, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Bianca-Grimaldi/6000000012714466495, retrieved 01 May 2023
Royal Succession Chart
Blanche del Carettoo (1432-1458) Born: 1432 Died: 1458
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| Preceded by Pomellina Fregoso |
Lady Consort of Monaco 1454–1457 |
Succeeded by Claudine Grimaldi (1451-1515) |
Footnotes (including sources)
- ^ a b Saige, Gustave (1897). Monaco: Ses Origines et Son Histoire. Imprimerie de Monaco. https://archive.org/details/monaco00saiggoog. Retrieved 8 April 2019.