List of Monegasque princely consorts

Consorts of Monaco were women married to the Lords of Monaco and later the Sovereign Princes of Monaco during their reigns.

Lady in Monaco

Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
Aurelia del Carretto	Giacomo del Carretto, Margrave of Final	1254	1295	8 January 1297 husband's accession	10 April 1301 husband's desposition	1307	François François Grimaldi Francesco Grimaldi called il Malizia , was the Genoese leader of the Guelphs who captured the Rock of Monaco on the night of 8 January 1297...
Salvatica del Carretto	Giacomo del Carretto, Margrave of Final	-					Rainier I Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes Rainier I of Monaco was the first sovereign Grimaldi ruler of the area now known as Monaco. He also held the title of Lord of Cagnes...
Margherita Ruffo dei Conti di Sinopoli	?	-
Andriola Grillo	?	-

Lady of Monaco

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Lucchina Spinola	Girardo Spinola, Lord of Dertonne (Spinola Spinola Family The Spinola were a leading political family in Genoa in the 13th and 14th centuries.Guido Spinola was one of the first important members of the family. He served as Consul of Genoa in 1102. The Spinola were generally Ghibellines and in league with the Doria Family.The next Spinola to come to... )	-	-	12 September 1331 husband's accession	15 August 1357 husband's death	-	Charles I Charles I, Lord of Monaco Charles I of Monaco was the first true Lord of Monaco, and is thus widely considered the founder of the dynasty.The oldest son of Rainier I by his first wife, Salvatica del Carretto, Charles was forced to flee into exile following the Rock of Monaco falling into Genoese control on April 10,...
	Maria del Caretto	Giorgio del Carretto, Margrave of Final	-	-	29 June 1352 husband's accession	15 August 1357 husband's desposition	1368	Rainier II Rainier II, Lord of Monaco Rainier II, Lord of Monaco ruled Monaco from June 29, 1352 to August 15, 1357. He ruled jointly with Antonio, Lord of Monaco. He was the son of Jean I and Genoese Pomellina Fregoso....
	Isabella Asinari in exile	-	-	after 1368		1407 husband's death	1417
	An Orsini		-	-	29 June 1352 husband's accession	15 August 1357 husband's desposition	-	Gabriel
	Antonia Spinola/Spinetti	-	-	-	29 June 1352 husband's accession	15 August 1357 husband's desposition	-	Antonio
?								Louis
	Blanche	-	-	-	5 June 1419 husband's accession	1427 husband's abdication	-	Antonie
	Pomellina Fregoso Pomellina Fregoso Pomellina Fregoso or Pomelline Fregoso , was a lady consort of Monaco, married to Jean I of Monaco. She served as the regent of Monaco from 1457 until March 1458 as the guardian of her granddaughter, Claudine, Lady of Monaco....	Pietro Fregoso, Doge of Genoa	1387/1388	1427		8 May 1454 husband's death	1462	Jean I
	Blanche del Caretto	Galeotto I del Carretto, Margrave of Final	1432	?	8 May 1454 husband's accession	July 1457 husband's death	1458	Catalan
	Claudine Grimaldi, Lady of Monaco	Catalan, Lord of Monaco (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... )	1451	1465		March 1494 husband's death	after 19 November 1515	Lambert
	Antonia de Savoie	Philip II, Duke of Savoy Philip II, Duke of Savoy Philip II , surnamed the Landless was the Duke of Savoy for the brief reign from 1496 to 1497.-Biography:...	-	1486	March 1494 husband's accession	1500		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...
	Jeanne de Pontevès-Cabanes	Tannaquin de Ponteves, Lord of Cabannes	-	25 September 1514		22 August 1523 husband's death	after 25 May 1555	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:...
	Isabella Grimaldi	? (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... )	-	8 June 1545		7 October 1581 husband's death	27 February 1583	Honoré I Honoré I, Lord of Monaco Honoré I was Lord of Monaco from August 22, 1523 to October 7, 1581.Honoré was the youngest child of Lucien Grimaldi and Jeanne de Pontevès-Cabanes. He became Lord of Monaco at the age of 9 months, upon the assassination of his father on August 22, 1523...
	Maria Landi	Claudio Landi, 3rd Prince of Valditarro (Landi)	-	15 December 1595		29 November 1604 husband's death	19 January 1599	Hercule Hercule, Lord of Monaco Ercole was Lord of Monaco from May 17, 1589 to November 29, 1604.Ercole was the youngest of four sons of Honoré I and Isabella Grimaldi. His eldest brother Charles II became Lord of Monaco on the death of their father in 1581. Ercole's two elder brothers Francois and Horace died in childhood...

Princely consort of Monaco

Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
Ippolita Trivulzio Ippolita Trivulzio 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. She married Honoré II,...	Carlo Emanuele Teodoro Trivulzio, Count of Melzo (Trivulzio)	1600	13 February 1616		1638		Honoré II 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....
Catherine Charlotte de Gramont	Antoine III de Gramont Antoine III de Gramont Antoine III Agénor de Gramont-Toulongeon, duc de Gramont, comte de Guiche, comte de Gramont, comte de Louvigny, Souverain de Bidache, was a French military man and diplomat... (Gramont)	1639	30 March 1660	10 January 1662 husband's accession	4 June 1678		Louis I Louis I, Prince of Monaco Louis I, Prince of Monaco was Prince of Monaco from 1662 until 1701.Louis Grimaldi was the elder son of Prince Hercule of Monaco and Maria Aurelia Spinola....
Marie of Lorraine Marie of Lorraine Marie of Lorraine was a princess of the House of Lorraine and Princess of Monaco as wife of Antonio I of Monaco. She was the mother of Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi, the only sovereign Princess of Monaco....	Louis de Lorraine, Count of Harcourt (Lorraine House of Lorraine The House of Lorraine, the main and now only remaining line known as Habsburg-Lorraine, is one of the most important and was one of the longest-reigning royal houses in the history of Europe... )	12 August 1674	13 June 1688	2 January 1701 husband's accession	30 October 1724		Antonio I
Jacques François de Matignon Jacques I, Prince of Monaco Jacques Goyon de Matignon was count of Thorigny, Prince of Monaco as Jacques I and the fourth Duke of Valentinois from 1731 until 1733.-Biography:...	Jacques III Goyon de Matignon (Goyon-Matignon)	21 November 1689	5 June 1757	26 February 1731 wife's accession	29 December 1731 wife's death	23 April 1751	Louise-Hippolyte Louise-Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco Louise Hippolyte , was the only female Sovereign Princess of Monaco. She is the ancestress of the current reigning princely family of Monaco.-Biography:...
Maria Caterina Brignole	Giuseppe Brignole Sale (Brignole-Sale)	7 October 1737	5 June 1757		1770 divorce	18 March 1813	Honoré III Honoré III, Prince of Monaco Honoré III ruled as Prince of Monaco and was Duke of Valentinois for almost sixty years from 1733 to 1793...
Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz Marie Caroline Gibert de Lametz, , was a French stage actress and later Princess Consort and regent de facto of Monaco, the spouse of Florestan I, Prince of Monaco...	Charles-Thomas Gibert de Lametz	18 July 1793	27 November 1816	2 October 1841 husband's accession	20 June 1856 husband's death	25 November 1879	Florestan I Florestan I, Prince of Monaco Florestan I, Prince of Monaco was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 2 October 1841 until his death...
Antoinette de Mérode	Count Werner de Mérode (Mérode House of Merode The princely house of Merode is one of the most important houses of the Belgian nobility.The surname of the family and the name of the House is mostly written de Mérode in but was originally von Merode due to the German descent of the House... )	28 September 1828	28 September 1846	20 June 1856 husband's accession	10 February 1864		Charles III Charles III, Prince of Monaco Charles III was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo, as his title in Monegasque and Italian was Carlo III.-Birth:...
Alice Heine Alice Heine Alice Heine , styled HSH The Princess of Monaco, and also The Duchess of Richelieu, was the American-born second wife of Prince Albert I of Monaco, a great-grandfather of Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Marcel Proust used her as a model for the Princesse de Luxembourg in In Search of Lost Time...	Michael Heine	10 February 1858	30 October 1889		26 June 1922 husband's death	22 December 1925	Albert I Albert I, Prince of Monaco Albert I was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 10 September 1889 until his death.-Early life:...
Ghislaine Dommanget	Colonel Robert Dommanget	13 October 1900	24 July 1946		9 May 1949 husband's death	30 April 1991	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...
Grace Kelly Grace Kelly Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress who, in April 1956, married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, to become Princess consort of Monaco, styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, and commonly referred to as Princess Grace.After embarking on an acting career in 1950, at the age of...	John B. Kelly, Sr. John B. Kelly, Sr. John Brendan Kelly, Sr., also known as Jack Kelly, was one of the most accomplished American oarsmen in the history of the sport of rowing. He was a triple Olympic Gold Medal winner, the first to do so in the sport of rowing. He won 126 straight races in the single scull...	12 November 1929	18 April 1956		14 September 1982		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...
Charlene Wittstock	Michael Kenneth Wittstock	25 January 1978	1 July 2011		Incumbent		Albert II Albert II, Prince of Monaco Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco is the head of the House of Grimaldi and the ruler of the Principality of Monaco. He is the son of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and the American actress Grace Kelly...

Hereditary Princesses

Wives of Hereditary Princes of Monaco who never became Princesses of Monaco

Maria Aurelia Spinola, wife of Ercole, Marquis of Baux
Ercole, Marquis of Baux
Ercole Grimaldi, Marquis of Baux was a member of the House of Grimaldi and heir apparent of his father Honoré II of Monaco.-Biography:...
Louise d'Aumont, wife of Honoré IV
Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco
Honoré IV was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 12 March 1795 to 16 February 1819. He was the son of Prince Honoré III by his wife, Maria Caterina Brignole, a Genoese noblewoman...

, divorced in 1798
Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, first wife of Albert I
Albert I, Prince of Monaco
Albert I was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 10 September 1889 until his death.-Early life:...

, divorced in 1880

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