Princess Charlotte was born on 19 March 1719 at the Hôtel Matignon in Paris to Jacques I, Prince of Monaco and Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco.

[2] In 1733, Pierre Gobert made a portrait of the princess.

[2] On 21 January 1738 Charlotte took religious vows and became a nun at the Convent of the Visitation.

[3] A number of times Charlotte left the convent to visit her family.

[2] Charlotte received the veil from the hands of the old Archbishop de Besançon.