Ippolita Trivulzio was the wife of Honoré II of Monaco and was the first Monegasque consort to bear the title of Princess.

Ippolita was the only daughter of Carlo Emanuele Teodoro Trivulzio, Count of Melzo and his wife Caterina Gonzaga. Her family originated from Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

. She married Honoré II, Prince of Monaco

Honoré II, Prince of Monaco

Honoré II was Sovereign Prince of Monaco. He was the first to be called Prince, but started his reign as Lord of Monaco....

 on 13 February 1616. Honoré II was a member of the house of Grimaldi

House of Grimaldi

The House of Grimaldi is associated with the history of the Republic of Genoa and of the Principality of Monaco.-History:The Grimaldi family descends from Grimaldo, a Genoese statesman at the time of the early Crusades. He might have been a son of Otto Canella, a consul of the Republic of Genoa in...

, sovereign rulers of the Principality of Monaco since the Thirteenth century. The couple had one son.

Princess Ippolita died in her thirty-eighth year. She is a direct ancestress of the presently reigning Prince of Monaco, Albert II.

Originally buried in the crypt of the Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco, she was moved on 4 November 1966 by decision of Prince Rainier III.

Issue

1. Ercole Grimaldi, Marquis of Baux (16 December 1623 – 2 August 1651) married Maria Aurelia Spinola and had issue.