Ghislaine Dommanget
{{Short description|Princess of Monaco from 1946 to 1949}}
{{Infobox royalty
| image = Coat of Arms of Ghislaine, Princess of Monaco.svg
| caption = Coat of arms as consort
| succession = Princess consort of Monaco
| birth_name = Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget
| issue = Jean Gabriel Brulé
| reign = 24 July 1946 – 9 May 1949
| consort = yes
| house =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|10|13|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|4|30|1900|10|13|df=y}}
| death_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
| father = Robert Joseph Dommanget
| mother = Marie Louise Meunier
| spouses = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Paul Diey
|1923|1931|reason=his death}} - {{marriage|Louis II, Prince of Monaco
|24 July 1946|9 May 1949|reason=his death}}
}}
| place of burial = Passy Cemetery, France
| occupation = Actress
}}
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Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget (13 October 1900 – 30 April 1991) was a French actress, and the Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Louis II from 1946 to 1949.
Early life
Personal life
In 1923, she was married to Paul Diey (1863–1931).[http://ortizdepinedo.com/f3087.htm Paul Diey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823205141/http://ortizdepinedo.com/f3087.htm |date=2011-08-23 }} After his death in 1931, she had a relationship with actor André Brulé. In 1934, she and Brulé welcomed a son, Jean-Gabriel Brulé.{{cite web |language=French |last1= |first1= |title=L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lTFcAAAAMAAJ&q=ghislaine+dommanget+monaco+brule|publisher=digitized book accessible - University of Michigan - (March 21, 2008)|date=June 1981|accessdate=November 16, 2018 |page=569|quote=En 1934, elle mit au monde à Nice un enfant, venu d'une liaison avec l'acteur André Brulé : Jean-Gabriel Brulé. Elle rencontra le prince Louis II de Monaco en 1942, à l'occasion d'une représentation de l'Aiglon donnée dans la principauté par la troupe à laquelle elle appartenait alors...}}
She broke up with Brulé and married the reigning Prince of Monaco, Louis II, on 24 July 1946 — the first bride of a member of the House of Grimaldi without a dowry.{{cite news |title=MONACO'S RULER, 76, WEDS; Prince Louis II Marries a Commoner, Chislaine Dommanges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/07/25/archives/monacos-ruler-76-weds-prince-louis-ii-marries-a-commoner-chislaine.html |accessdate=17 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=25 July 1946}}
Following Louis II's death on 9 May 1949,{{cite news |title=LOUIS II OF MONACO DEAD AT AGE OF 78 -- Ruler Since '22 of Tiny State Near French-Italian Frontier Inherited Huge Fortune HAD $20,000,000 INVESTED And Received a Yearly Income From Casino at Monte Carlo --Prince Rainier Successor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/05/10/archives/louis-ii-of-monaco-i-dead-at-age-of-78-ruler-since-22-of-tiny-state.html |accessdate=17 June 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=10 May 1949}} and the accession of her step-grandson, Rainier III, she became Dowager Princess of Monaco, a title she held until her death.
Notable published works
- {{cite book|last=Dommanget|first=Ghislaine|title="Sois princesse" -- dit-il|year=1964|publisher=Hachette}}
Honours
;National honours
- {{Flag|Monaco}}: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles (24 October 1946).{{cite web|title=Birthday of Princess Ghislaine|url=http://madmonaco.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/birthday-of-princess-ghislaine.html|website=madmonaco.blogspot.co.uk|date=13 October 2011 |accessdate=6 June 2017}}[https://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/var/jdm/storage/original/application/0719a1a306697ee143228467cef3cb4e.pdf Journal de Monaco]
;Foreign honours
- {{Flag|France}}:
- Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (25 June 1947).[http://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/1947/Journal-4684 Journal de Monaco]
- Commander of the Order of Public Health (14 July 1948).[http://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/1948/Journal-4738 Journal de Monaco]
- {{Flag|Holy See}}: Benemerenti Medal (8 January 1948).[https://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/1948/Journal-4709 Journal de Monaco]
References
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Category:French film actresses
Category:French expatriates in Monaco
Category:Burials at Passy Cemetery
Category:Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint-Charles
Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour
Category:Duchesses of Valentinois
Category:20th-century French actresses
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