Princess Florestine of Monaco
| Princess Florestine of Monaco | |
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| Duchess of Urach | |
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| Born | 22 October 1833 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France |
| Died | 4 April 1897 (aged 63) Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany |
| Burial | Ludwigsburg Palace Church |
| Spouse | Wilhelm, Duke of Urach (m. 1863; died 1869) |
| Issue | Mindaugas II of Lithuania Prince Karl |
| Names Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette Grimaldi | |
| House | Grimaldi |
| Father | Florestan I, Prince of Monaco |
| Mother | Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz |
Princess Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette of Monaco (22 October 1833 – 4 April 1897) was the younger child and only daughter of Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, and Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz. She 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.[1]
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.[2]
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, Prince of Monaco, 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, 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 Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
Honours
- Württemberg: Dame of the Order of Olga, 1871[3] -
- Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa
Ancestry
- Ancestors of Princess Florestine of Monaco
- 8. Honoré III, Prince of Monaco
- 4. Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco
- 9. Maria Caterina Brignole Sale
- 2. Florestan I, Prince of Monaco
- 10. Louis Marie d'Aumont, 6th Duke of Aumont
- 5. Louise Félicité d'Aumont, Duchess Mazarin
- 11. Louise Jeanne de Durfort, Duchess Mazarin
- 1.Princess Florestine of Monaco
- 12. Thomas Gibert
- 6. Charles-Thomas Gibert
- 13. Françoise Moret
- 3. Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz
- 14. François Louis Michel Le Gras de Vaubercey
- 7. Marie Françoise Le Gras de Vaubercey
- 15. Gabrielle Françoise des Courtils
References
- Back to citation "Florestine of Monaco, Duchess of Urach" (PDF). Gouvernement de Monaco. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- Back to citation "Essai de Généalogie, par Alain GARRIC - Geneanet".
- Back to citation Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1886/7), "Königliche Orden" p. 104