Marie Juliette Louvet (Pierreval, Seine-Maritime, 9 May 1867 – Paris, 24 September 1930) was the lover of the then unmarried 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 and his first wife, Joséphine Elmire Piedefer.
She married photographer Achille Delmaet, but they divorced in 1893. They had two children, Georges and Marguerite (probably, another illegitimate daughter of the prince Louis II of Monaco).
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's lover. She gave birth to their daughter, Charlotte, in Constantine, Algeria, in 1898. Through her daughter she is the maternal grandmother of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy
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| Name | Louvet, Marie Juliette |
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| Short description | Maternal grandmother of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco |
| Date of birth | 9 May 1867 |
| Place of birth | Pierreval |
| Date of death | 24 September 1930 |
| Place of death | Paris |
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