Claudine, Lady of Monaco

Claudine or Claudia ( – 19 November 1515) was Lady regnant of Monaco between 1457 and 1458, and the Lady consort of Monaco by marriage to Lord Lambert of Monaco.

Life

Claudine was the daughter of Blanche del Carretto and Catalan Grimaldi. She was the only child of her father, and thereby his heir.

The succession of Monaco was regulated by her paternal grandfather Jean I, who allowed for female succession provided that a female heir kept her own name Grimaldi after marriage and passed it on to her children, and that her husband should take the name and arms of his wife.

Claudine died in 1515 during Lucien's reign. In her will, she stated that her rights to the three provinces of the Lordship of Monaco were to be passed on to her children in accordance with the succession order stated in the will of her father and grandfather, securing female succession on condition that it did not result to a change in dynasty. She also reinstated her granddaughter Marie Grimaldi (daughter of Jean II) in the succession, despite Lucien having forced her to renounce her claims upon her marriage.

Jean II (1468 – 11 October 1505), married Antonia of Savoy and had one daughter, Marie, who was forced to renounce her right to the throne. Philbert (1471 – 1487), died aged 16. Francesca (1473 – 1523), married Luc Doria. Her son Bartholomew Doria murdered her brother Lucien. Césarine (1475), married in 1503 to Charles di Ceve, Marquis de Ceva, Seigneur de Garessio. Louis (1478 – 1505), deemed insane and barred from the inheritance. Blanche Grimaldi (1480 – 8 May 1540), married in 1501 to Honoré (Baron de Tourette) de Villeneuve d'Espinouse, and had three sons and two daughters; co-regent for Lucien's son Honoré I, Lord of Monaco with Nicolas Grimaldi in 1532. Augustino, Bishop of Grasse (1482 – 14 April 1532) Lucien (1487 – 22 August 1523), married Jeanne de Pontevès-Cabanes and have five children, three of whom died young. Isabeau (1490 – 1550), married Antoine (Comte de Saint-Remèze) de Châteauneuf-Randon, and had one son and three daughters.