Ippolita Trivulzio

Ippolita Trivulzio
Princess of Monaco
Reign 13 February 1616 – 1638
Spouse Honoré II of Monaco
Issue
Ercole, Marquis of Baux
Father Carlo Emanuele Teodoro Trivulzio
Mother Caterina Gonzaga

Ippolita Trivulzio (1600 – 1638) was the wife of Honoré II of Monaco and was the first Monegasque consort to bear the title of Princess.[1]

Ippolita was the only daughter of Carlo Emanuele Teodoro Trivulzio, Count of Melzo and his wife Caterina Gonzaga. Her family originated from Milan. She married Honoré II, Prince of Monaco on 13 February 1616.[1] Honoré II was a member of the house of Grimaldi, sovereign rulers of the Principality of Monaco since the Thirteenth century. The couple had one son.

Princess Ippolita died in her thirty-eighth year. She is a direct ancestress of the presently reigning Prince of Monaco, Albert II.[1]

Originally buried in the crypt of the Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco, she was moved on 4 November 1966 by decision of Prince Rainier III.

Issue

  1. Ercole Grimaldi, Marquis of Baux (16 December 1623 – 2 August 1651) married Maria Aurelia Spinola and had issue.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d van de Pas, Leo. "Ippolita Trivulzio". Genealogics .org. http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00047488&tree=LEO. Retrieved 2010-03-01. 

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