Marie Juliette Louvet
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Marie Juliette Louvet | |
Born | May 9, 1867 |
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Died | September 24, 1930 (aged 63) |
Spouse | Achille Delmaet (1885-1893) |
Children | Georges Delmaet, Marguerite Delmaet, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (with Louis II of Monaco) |
Parents | Jacques Henri Louvet and Joséphine Elmire Piedefer |
Marie Juliette Louvet (May 9, 1867 – September 24, 1930) was partner of Prince Louis II of Monaco and was the mother of his only child, Princess Charlotte of Monaco.
Known as Juliette, Louvet was the daughter of Jacques Henri Louvet (1830 – 1910) and his first wife, Joséphine Elmire Piedefer (1828-1871).
She married photographer Achille Delmaet on October 6, 1885 (his best known photographs are nudes of La Goulue, a cancan dancer of the Moulin Rouge). The Delmaets were divorced on January 14, 1893; they had two children, Georges (1884-1955) and Marguerite (1886-1894).
Juliette Louvet became an entertainer of sorts, reportedly a cabaret singer (other sources identify her as a laundress and a dressmaker), then was Prince Louis' lover. She gave birth to their daughter, Charlotte, in Algeria on September 30, 1898.