Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget
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Ghislaine Dommanget daughter of Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

 Robert Dommanget and his wife Marie Louise Meunier, was the Princess 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...

 from 1946 to 1949. She was a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 actress.

She married firsly Paul Diey (1863-1931) in 1923.

She divorced her second husband, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 André Brulé
André Brulé
André Brulé , born André Gresely, was a French theatre and film actor.He was married to Ghislaine Dommanget, a French comedy actress, but the couple later divorced and she married Louis II, Prince of Monaco.He was the creator of Arsène Lupin for the French Stage in 1908.-Filmography:* Retour de...

, and married the reigning Prince of Monaco, Louis II
Louis II, Prince of Monaco
Louis II was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 27 June 1922 until 9 May 1949.-Early years:Born Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi in Baden-Baden, Germany, he was the only child of Prince Albert I of Monaco , and Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton...

 on 24 July 1946 - the first bride to the member of the Grimaldi family without a dowry
Dowry
A dowry is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings forth to the marriage. It contrasts with bride price, which is paid to the bride's parents, and dower, which is property settled on the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice both...

.

Following his death on 9 May 1949, and the accession of her step-grandson Rainier III
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco , styled His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th century.Though he was best known outside of Europe for having married American...

, she became Dowager Princess of Monaco, a title she held until her death.

Titles and styles

  • Ms. Ghislaine Dommanget
  • Mrs. Paul Diey
  • Mrs. André Brulé
  • Ms. Ghislaine Brulé
  • Her Serene Highess The Princess of Monaco
  • Her Serene Highess Princess Ghislaine, The Dowager Princess of Monaco
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