FAMOUS MONEGASQUES
Some important changes were made to the legislation . Illegitimate children of the Prince , including female and even adopted children , from now on were eligible to ascend the throne — that not being the case before . The new laws in practice deprived the von Urachs of the chances of being in power in the Principality . Wilhelm , born and raised in Monte- Carlo , and who spent most of his time on the Riviera , was annoyed by this decision .
French Brittany . It is believed that Louis arranged it to camouflage his daughter ' s humble origins on her mother ' s side . Following a preliminary agreement , the husband-to-be took the name of Grimaldi , becoming a member of the princely family of Monaco , as well as having the title Duke of Valentinois .
The epic celebration was announced by the shot of twenty-one cannons . A number of
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Princess Charlotte with her children Prince Rainier and Princess Antoinette on a beach accompanied by dogs . Behind them , there is a beach cabin . Le Touquet-Paris-Plage / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Pasde-Calais , early 1930s
Charlotte was a cavalier of the three Monegasque orders — the Order of St . Charles , the Order of the Crown and the Order of Grimaldi .
Prince Albert I died on June 26 , 1922 , and his son Louis ascended the throne . A month later , on August 1 , Charlotte was declared the Hereditary Princess . Thus , it was her descendants who received the full right to inherit the throne of Monaco .
MARRIAGE WITH PIERRE DE POLIGNAC
By 1922 Charlotte already had her own family . On March 19 , 1920 she had married Count Pierre de Polignac from inter national flags were fluttering in the princely square . Prince Albert I looked magnificent in his green uniform , adorned by the Order of Saint Charles ribbon . The slender , fair-haired 25-year-old Prince Pierre was dressed in solemn wedding attire underlining his noble appearance . The 21-year-old Charlotte , dressed in a fabulous white silk dress and wearing a crown of orange flowers , was accompanied by her father Prince Louis . The ceremony was presided over by Cardinal Luson , Bishop of Reims . The eager crowd was so numerous that the fiancés could hardly walk the short distance from the Cathedral to the Palace .
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A dinner at the civil wedding of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace ( in the centre ) at the Prince ' s Palace of Monaco , in the presence of Princess Charlotte ( left ) and Prince Pierre ( right ). April , 18 , 1956
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