Charlotte Casiraghi
Louis had no legitimate children or siblings, so even before he succeeded his father as Prince Louis II the principality sought to forestall a succession crisis , anticipating that its neighbor, the Republic of France, might take it amiss if the throne fell someday to Louis's legal next of kin. On 15 May a law was passed recognizing Charlotte as Louis's daughter, and declaring her to be a dynastic member of the sovereign family. Though this act was later held to be invalid under the statutes, an Ordinance of 30 October was passed to allow her to be adopted into the dynasty instead. Louis adopted Charlotte in Paris on 16 May , thereby entitling her to the surname Grimaldi, while her grandfather bestowed upon her the traditional title of the princedom's heir, Duchess of Valentinois , for life. Charlotte became heir presumptive to the throne as Hereditary Princess when her grandfather died and her father inherited the princely crown in
