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Mary Victoria Hamilton

Mary Victoria Hamilton
Hereditary Princess of Monaco
Undated image of Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, (1850-1922) future Hereditary Princess of Monaco.jpg
Born (1850-12-11)11 December 1850
Hamilton Palace, Scotland
Died 14 May 1922(1922-05-14) (aged 71)
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Burial Festetics Mausoleum
Spouse Albert I of Monaco
Tassilo Festetics von Tolna
Issue Louis II of Monaco
Countess Mária Matild Festetics de Tolna
Prince György Tasziló Festetics de Tolna
Countess Alexandra Olga Festetics de Tolna
Countess Karola Friderika Festetics de Tolna
Full name
Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
House Douglas and Angus (by birth)
Grimaldi (by marriage)
Father William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton
Mother Princess Marie Amelie of Baden
Full name
Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton

Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, also known as the Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton (11 December 1850 – 14 May 1922) was the Lanarkshire-born, Scottish great-grandmother of Prince Rainier III of Monaco, the fashion designer Prince Egon von Fürstenberg, the socialite and actress Princess Ira von Fürstenberg and the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Karel Schwarzenberg. She was the daughter of William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and of his wife, Princess Marie Amelie Elizabeth Caroline of Baden. Through her maternal grandmother, she was a third cousin of Emperor Napoléon III of France. She was a first cousin of Queen Carola of Saxony, Queen Stephanie of Portugal, King Carol I of Romania, and Princess Marie, Countess of Flanders (mother of King Albert I of the Belgians).

Her first marriage, on 21 September 1869 at Château de Marchais, was to Prince Albert, only child and heir of Charles III, Prince of Monaco. Mary Victoria bore Prince Albert a single son, Louis, who would take the throne of Monaco upon his father's death. Their marriage was annulled by the Church on 3 January 1880 (although civilly it was dissolved only on 28 July 1880 by the Order of Prince Charles III).


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