Maria Landi (15?? – 19 January 1599), was a Lady consort of Monaco by marriage to Ercole Grimaldi, Lord of Monaco.

Life

Maria was a daughter of Claudio Landi, Prince of

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, and Juana Fernández de Córdoba y Milá de Aragón. She married Grimaldi on 15 September 1595. The marriage was arranged through Ercole's good contacts at the Spanish court and gave him great prestige, as Maria was a descendant of the Royal House of Aragon through her mother, which made Ercole related to the king of Aragon.

Issue

She had three children: * Giovanna Maria Grimaldi (29 September 1596 – December 1620), married Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio, Conte di Melzo, Principe di Musocco. * Honoré II (

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, 24 December 1597 –

, 10 January 1662) married

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. * Maria Claudia Grimaldi, Carmeline nun in

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(1 January 1599 – 1668).

References

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