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Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette Grimaldi (1833-1897)

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  • Princess of Monaco
  • Duchess of Urach

Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette Grimaldi was born 22 October 1833 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Seine, France to Florestan of Monaco (1785-1856) and Marie Caroline Gibert de Lametz (1793-1879) and died 24 April 1897 Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany of unspecified causes. He married Friedrich von Wurtemburg (1810-1869) 16 February 1863 in Monaco-Ville, Monaco, Monaco.

Biography

Princess Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette of Monaco (22 October 1833 – 4 April 1897) was the youngest child and only daughter of Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, and his wife, Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz.

House of Grimaldi

Great coat of arms of the house of Grimaldi

Great coat of arms of the House of Grimaldi.

The Grimaldi Family, with few exceptions for enemy occupations, have been primary rulers of Monaco since the 13th Century. Their family ancestry can be easily traced to many of the great noble families of Europe. See Also:

Florestine was a member of the House of Grimaldi and a Princess of Monaco by birth and a member of the House of Württemberg and Duchess consort of Urach and Countess of Württemberg through her marriage to Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach.

Marriage and issue

Florestine married Count Wilhelm of Württemberg (later Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach), son of Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg and his morganatic wife Baroness Wilhelmine von Tunderfeldt-Rhodis, on 15 February 1863 in Monaco. Florestine and Wilhelm had two sons:

  • Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius (1864–1928), Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach, and nominally King of Lithuania as Mindaugas II of Lithuania
∞ 1892 Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865-1912), eldest daughter of the Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
∞ 1924 Princess Wiltrud Alix Marie of Bavaria (1884-1975), sixth daughter of Ludwig III of Bavaria
  • Josef Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius (1865–1925), Prince of Urach

Florestine's husband Wilhelm had converted to Roman Catholicism in 1841, for his first marriage to Théodolinde de Beauharnais, who died in 1857.[1]

Monaco Succession Crisis of 1918

Main article: Monaco Succession Crisis of 1918

Florestine, according to the rules governing succession to the throne of Monaco, was able to marry without relinquishing her rights. When her grandnephew Louis II of Monaco (1870-1949), ascended to the Monegasque throne, Florestine's son Wilhelm claimed his rights for his succession to the princely throne of Monaco and the Grimaldi noble titles. However, France had undergone two wars against Germany and did not wish to see German princes ruling the Principality of Monaco. Therefore, France reached an agreement with the principality allowing the illegitimate daughter of Louis II, Princess Charlotte, to be his heir presumptive to the princely throne and Grimaldi noble titles. Charlotte renounced and ceded her rights to the princely throne on 30 May 1944 to her son Rainier who became Prince Rainier III of Monaco.



Children


Offspring of Princess Florestine of Monaco and Friedrich von Wurtemburg (1810-1869)
Name Birth Death Joined with
King Mindaugas II of LIthuania (1864-1928)
Karl Joseph Wilhelm Florestan (1865-1926)



Siblings


Offspring of Florestan of Monaco (1785-1856) and Marie Caroline Gibert de Lametz (1793-1879)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Charles III of Monaco (1818-1889) 8 December 1818 Paris, France 10 September 1889 Marchais, Essone, Ile-de-France, France Antoinette Ghislaine Merode (1828-1864)
Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette Grimaldi (1833-1897) 22 October 1833 Fontenay-aux-Roses, Seine, France 24 April 1897 Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany Friedrich von Wurtemburg (1810-1869)

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Honours

  •  Württemberg: Dame of the Order of Olga, 1871[2] -
  • Template:Country data Restoration (Spain): Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa

References

  1. ^ "Essai de Généalogie, par Alain GARRIC - Geneanet". http://gw.geneanet.org/garric?lang=fr;p=theodolinde;n=de+beauharnais. 
  2. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1886/7), "Königliche Orden" p. 104



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