Claudine Grimaldi (circa 1451 – 19 November 1515) was Lady regnant of Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

 between 1457 and 1458, and then Lady consort of Monaco as spouse of Lord Lambert of Monaco

Lamberto Grimaldi

Lamberto Grimaldi was a Lord of Monaco . He was married to his cousin Claudine Grimaldi in 1465 in order to secure the Grimaldi inheritance of Monaco which by the small state's constitution could only pass to male heirs...

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Biography

Claudine was the only child of her father, Catalan Grimaldi. At his death, her father stated in his will that she should marry her cousin to ensure that the Grimaldi family should keep the throne of Monaco. She became Lady of Monaco at her father's death in 1457, under the regency of her paternal grandmother, Pomelline Fregoso. After only one year of reign, she abdicated (1458) in favour of her cousin Lambert, her future spouse. In 1465, seven years after her abdication, she married Lambert and became Lady of Monaco as his spouse.

Issue

Claudine had at least six children;

• Jean II
  Jean II, Lord of Monaco
  Jean II/Giovanni II, was Lord of Monaco from March 1494 until his death. He was the eldest son of Lambert Grimaldi and Claudine Grimaldi .During his 11 year reign, he pursued the politics of his father...
  
    (1468 – 11 October 1505)
• Louis (deemed insane and barred from the inheritance)
• Bianca
• Augustino, Bishop of Grasse
  Augustine Grimaldi
  Augustine Grimaldi was Regent of Monaco , Bishop of Grasse, Abbot of Lérins, and founder of the village of Valbonne.-Family:...
  
   (1482 – 14 April 1532)
• Françoise (d. before 1523); married Luc Doria
  Doria
  Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...
  
  . Her son Bartholomew Doria
  Doria
  Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...
  
   murdered her brother Lucien.
• Lucien
  Lucien, Lord of Monaco
  Lucien became Lord of Monaco on 11 October 1505, having murdered his predecessor and brother, Jean II, and held that sovereignty until his death.-Family and Marriage:...
  
    (1487 – 22 August 1523)

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