Honoré III, Prince of Monaco

Honoré III

Prince of Monaco

Reign

7 November 1733 – 19 January 1793

Predecessor

Jacques I

Successor

National Convention
as de facto ruling government
Honoré IV
as next reigning monarch

Born

10 November 1720

Died

21 March 1795 (aged 74)

Spouse

Maria Caterina Brignole

Issue

Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco
Joseph Grimaldi

Full name
Honoré Camille Léonor Grimaldi de Goyon de Matignon

House

House of Grimaldi

Father

Jacques I, Prince of Monaco

Mother

Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco

Honoré III (10 November 1720 – 21 March 1795) ruled as Prince of Monaco and was Duke of Valentinois for almost sixty years from 1733 to 1793. Honoré was the son of Jacques I, Prince of Monaco and his wife, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco.

Honore the first to the left with his siblings

In 20 May 1732, he moved to Hôtel Matignon in Paris with his father and remained there, even after the proclamation in 1733 of him as Prince of Monaco. Antoine Grimaldi, le Chevalier de Grimaldi, acted as regent for the prince between 1732 and 1784, when Honoré chose to reside in Paris. This situation remained the same for half a century until Antoine's death in 1784, when Honoré III was already 64 years old. Although he was open to the revolutionary ideas of the time, he was imprisoned on 20 September 1793. At his liberation a year later, he was ruined, and his property under seal.

Family

While in Paris, it was suggested that he marry Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, only daughter of Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne and his wife [[Maria Karolina Sobieska

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Honoré III, Prince of Monaco