Princess Florestine of Monaco Princess Florestine of Monaco Princess "Florestine" Gabrielle Antoinette of Monaco (Full French name: "Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette, Princesse de Monaco") (22 October 1833 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Kingdom of the French – 4 April 1897 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg) was the youngest child and only daughter of Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, and his wife Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz. Florestine was a member of the House of Grimaldi and a Princess of Monaco by birth and a member of the House of Württemberg and Duchess consort of Urach and Countess of Württemberg through her marriage to Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach.
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