Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz

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Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz

Maria Louise Caroline Gabrielle Gibert de Lametz (born July 18, 1793 in Coulommiers , † November 23, 1879 in Monaco ) was Princess of Monaco.

Life

She was born the daughter of Charles-Thomas Gibert, a lawyer, and his wife Henriette Legras de Vaubercy. After her father's death, her mother married Antoine Rouyer de Lametz, who later adopted his stepdaughter.

In May 1814, an adopted daughter of Prince Honoré IV of Monaco , thus a half-sister of the future Prince Florestan , married the son-in-law of Antoine Rouyer. On this occasion Florestan and Maria Caroline met. In 1816 they married secretly, as the Monegasque royal family and especially Florestan's father were against the marriage.

The couple had two children:

In 1841 Florestan's brother Honoré V died without an heir and Florestan succeeded him as Prince of Monaco. Caroline became from now on "Gibert de Lametz", the addition is derived from the castle of her stepfather and her descendants have since carried this additional title.

Florestan and its principality were heavily in debt. Maria Caroline was a good housekeeper and helped her husband to put the finances of the Princely House in order and to settle the open litigation with her mother-in-law Louise d'Aumont Mazarin . Her husband was not a skilled politician and left the affairs of state to his wife. With the help of the dowry of her daughter-in-law Antoinette de Mérode-Westerloo , she had the idea of ​​building a casino in Monte Carlo . The income from the gaming business also restored the finances of the Princely House and has remained the state's most important source of income to this day.

Caroline died at the age of 86, 23 years after her husband, and was buried in Monaco Cathedral.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La Société de l'Histoire de France (ed.): Annuaire historique pour l'année 1853. Jules Renouard et Cie: Paris 1853. P. 71.
  2. ^ Anne Edwards: The Grimaldis of Monaco. Centuries of Scandal, Years of Grace. Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham 2017.
  3. ↑ James Lee Weaver's Family Tree. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014 ; accessed on November 6, 2018 .
  4. ↑ William Bortrick: THE Princely FAMILY OF MONACO HOUSE OF GRIMALDI. Retrieved November 6, 2018 .
  5. ^ Mariage de Florestan Ier Grimaldi with Caroline Gibert de Lametz. Retrieved November 6, 2018 (French).
  6. ↑ La Société de l'Histoire de France (ed.): Annuaire historique pour l'année 1853. Jules Renouard et Cie: Paris 1853. P. 71.
  7. ↑ Florestan I Grimaldi, Prince de Monaco. Retrieved November 6, 2018 .
  8. ↑ FLORESTAN I - A PRINCE OF MONACO THROUGH NO CHOICE OF HIS OWN. March 18, 2017, accessed November 6, 2018 .
  9. ↑ FLORESTAN I - A PRINCE OF MONACO THROUGH NO CHOICE OF HIS OWN. March 18, 2017, accessed November 6, 2018 .
  10. ^ Casino Monte Carlo - Mick Jagger is allowed in, Prince Albert is not. Retrieved November 6, 2018 .
  11. ^ Burials at Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco. Retrieved November 6, 2018 .
predecessor Office Successor
Catherine de Brignole sale Princess of Monaco
1841–1856 		Antoinette de Mérode-Westerloo
personal data
SURNAME Lametz, Maria Caroline Gibert de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lametz, Maria Louise Caroline Gabrielle Gibert de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Monaco
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Coulommiers
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1879
Place of death Monaco