Princess Charlotte Thérèse Nathalie of Monaco (19 March 1719 – 1790) was a Monegasque princess and a

Visitandine The Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (), abbreviated VSM and also known as the Visitandines, is a Catholic religious order of Pontifical Right for women. Members of the order are also known as the Salesian Sisters (not to be confused with th ...

nun.

Biography

Princess Charlotte was born on 19 March 1719 at the

Hôtel Matignon The Hôtel Matignon (, ) is the official residence of the Prime Minister of France. It is located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, at 57 Rue de Varenne. The name Matignon is often used as a metonym for the governmental action of the French p ...

in Paris to

Jacques I, Prince of Monaco Jacques I (Jacques François Léonor Goyon de Grimaldi; 21 November 1689 – 23 April 1751) was Prince of Monaco from 1731 to 1733. He was also Duke of Valentinois from 1716 until 1733, and Count of Thorigny. For ten months preceding his re ...

and

Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco Louise Hippolyte (10 November 1697 – 29 December 1731) was List of rulers of Monaco, Princess of Monaco from 20 February 1731 until her death in December that same year. She was one of only two women to rule Monaco (along with Claudine, Lady o ...

. In 1724, Charlotte was engaged to Frédéric Jules de La Tour, Prince d'Auvergne, however the engagement was broken off and she never married. In 1733, Pierre Gobert made a portrait of the princess. On 21 January 1738 Charlotte took religious vows and became a nun at the

Convent of the Visitation Visitation School, also known as Visitation or Vis, is an independent, all-girls, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory, school in Minnesota. It is located in Mendota Heights near Saint Paul. Visitation is a coeducational school for grades Montes ...

. A number of times Charlotte left the convent to visit her family. Charlotte received the veil from the hands of the old Archbishop de Besançon. She died in 1790.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charlotte of Monaco 1719 births 1790 deaths 18th-century French nuns House of Grimaldi Monegasque princesses Monegasque Roman Catholics Daughters of princes regnant Daughters of monarchs Visitandine nuns