Florestine of Monaco

Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette Grimaldi was born the October 2nd 1833 with Fontenay-Aux-Roses (then in the department of the the Seine, currently in the Hauts-de-Seine), in France, and died the April 24th 1897 with Stuttgart (then capital of the Royaume of Wurtemberg, sovereign state member of the German Empire). It is the girl of the sovereign prince Florestan Ier of Monaco (1785-1856) and Caroline Gibert of Lametz (1793-1879) his wife.

Titulature

Its Sérénissime Highness the Florestine princess of Monaco.

Its Royal Highness the princess Guillaume of Wurtemberg, duchess of Urach.

Marriage and children

She was married in the palatine vault of the palate of Monaco the February 16th 1863 with prince Guillaume of Wurtemberg, Duc of Urach 1810-1869 (Morganatique Royal House of Wurtemberg connects), of which Guillaume II of Urach 1864-1928 (Mindaugas II of Lithuania) and Karl d' Urach 1865-1925. Her husband converts with the Catholic religion into 1867.

German princes in Monaco?

The Florestine princess, in accordance with the rules governing the succession with the throne of Monaco, could marry without giving up her rights. When its great nephew, the prince Louis II of Monaco, confirmed bachelor, reached the throne, the son of Florestine, Mindaugas II of Lithuania, asserted his rights for his succession of the throne of Monaco and the Titers of Grimaldi. But France, which had just undergone two wars against Germany, did not make a point of seeing Germanic princes settling in Monaco and made an agreement with the principality so that the natural girl of Louis II, Charlotte of Monaco could reach the throne.

See too

List of the sovereigns of Monaco

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