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Starting in 1612, Honoré II was the first Monegasque ruler to adopt the personal style of Prince, to which the Grimaldi rulers of Monaco were already entitled to through their possession in Italy. Monaco was recognized as a sovereign principality by Philip IV of Spain in 1633 and by Louis XIII of France in the Treaty of Péronne of 1641.
The sovereign prince (French: prince de Monaco) is the monarch and head of state of the Principality of Monaco. All reigning princes and princesses have taken the name of the House of Grimaldi. When Prince Rainier III died in 2005, he was Europe's longest reigning monarch. [1]
Princess Florestine of Monaco 1833 - 1897: Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach 1810 - 1869: Albert I 1848 - 1889 - 1922: Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton 1850 - 1922: Mindaugas II of Lithuania 1864 - 1928 heir to the Monegasque throne: Marie Juliette Louvet 1867- 1930: Louis II 1870 - 1922 - 1949: Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois 1895 - 1964
In a 2005 exchange with American reporter Larry King, Albert stated that this would not happen. [29] Prior to the birth of Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques, Prince Albert's elder sister, Caroline, Princess of Hanover, was heir presumptive and, according to the Grimaldi house law, bore the traditional title of Hereditary Princess of Monaco ...
Monaco and the neighbouring County of Nice were taken by the revolutionary army in 1792, and were French-controlled until 1815. Nice passed back to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815; then it was ceded to France by the Treaty of Turin (1860). Monaco was re-established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, with a brief Italian occupation in 1940–43.
Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco have confirmed their attendance at the coronation of King Charles III this weekend
Many members of royal families have popped up at the Paris Olympic Games in recent days, including Queen Mary and King Frederik of Denmark, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco, King ...
Rainier was born at Prince's Palace in Monaco, the first native-born prince since Honoré IV in 1758. Rainier's mother, Charlotte, was the only child of Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and his lover, Marie Juliette Louvet; she was legitimised through formal adoption and subsequently named heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco.