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Antonio I (25 January 1661 – 20 February 1731) was the sovereign Prince of Monaco from 1701 to 1731. He was the elder son of
Antonio married 13 June 1688 Marie de Lorraine, "''Mademoiselle d'Armagnac''" (12 August 1674 – 30 October 1724), daughter of Louis, Count of Armagnac.
They had six daughters, of whom only three survived infancy :
*Caterina Charlotte (7 October 1691 – 18 June 1696), "''Mademoiselle de Monaco''".
* Louise Hippolyte (10 November 1697 – 29 December 1731), successor of her father.
*Elisabetta Charlotte (3 November 1698 – 25 August 1702), "''Mademoiselle de Valentinois''".
*Margherita Camilla (1 May 1700 – 27 April 1758), "''Mademoiselle de Carlades''"; married on 16 April 1720 to Louis de Gand-Vilain, Prince of Isenghien and marshal of France.
*Maria Devota (15 March 1702 – 24 October 1703), "''Mademoiselle des Baux''".
*Maria Paolina Theresa Devota (23 October 1708 – 20 May 1726), "''Mademoiselle de Chabreuil'".
Antonio also had a number of illegitimate children:
*with Elisabeth Durfort (a dancer)
** Antoine Grimaldi (1697–1784), known as the ''Chevalier de Grimaldi''
*with Victoire Vertu (dancer at the Paris opera)
**Antoinette Grimaldi, called ''mademoiselle de Saint-Rémy''
*with an unknown woman
**Louise Marie Thérèse Grimaldi (1705–1723)
Louis I of Monaco
Louis I (25 July 1642, in Prince's Palace of Monaco – 3 January 1701, in Rome) was Prince of Monaco from 1662 until 1701.
Louis Grimaldi was the elder son of Prince Hercule of Monaco and Maria Aurelia Spinola.
Louis married Catherine Charlot ...
and Catherine Charlotte de Gramont.
In 1683, Antonio was named lieutenant in the Régiment du Roi Infanterie. In 1684, he was named colonel of the regiment of Soissonois. During the Nine Years War he was present at the Battle of Philippsburg (1688), the Battle of Fleurus (1690), the Siege of Mons (1691), and the Siege of Namur (1692).
On 21 August 1702, Antonio took the oath to King Louis XIV of France in the Parlement
A ''parlement'' (), under the French Ancien Régime, was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France. In 1789, France had 13 parlements, the oldest and most important of which was the Parlement of Paris. While both the modern Fre ...
on account of being Duke of Valentinois and a Peer of France
The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages.
The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...
. He was made a knight of the French royal orders in 1724.
He "completed the fortifications of the Rock of Monaco, constructed the Oreillon and the Fort Antoine." Finally, he formed a "brilliant Court in his palace." He constructed the ''Rampe Major'' in 1714; this was an improved road connecting La Condamine to the "platform of the peninsula." The Oreillon tower commanding the ramp leading to the Palais Princier was constructed between 1707-1708.
Marriage and children
Antonio married 13 June 1688 Marie de Lorraine, "''Mademoiselle d'Armagnac''" (12 August 1674 – 30 October 1724), daughter of Louis, Count of Armagnac.
They had six daughters, of whom only three survived infancy :
*Caterina Charlotte (7 October 1691 – 18 June 1696), "''Mademoiselle de Monaco''".
* Louise Hippolyte (10 November 1697 – 29 December 1731), successor of her father.
*Elisabetta Charlotte (3 November 1698 – 25 August 1702), "''Mademoiselle de Valentinois''".
*Margherita Camilla (1 May 1700 – 27 April 1758), "''Mademoiselle de Carlades''"; married on 16 April 1720 to Louis de Gand-Vilain, Prince of Isenghien and marshal of France.
*Maria Devota (15 March 1702 – 24 October 1703), "''Mademoiselle des Baux''".
*Maria Paolina Theresa Devota (23 October 1708 – 20 May 1726), "''Mademoiselle de Chabreuil'".
Antonio also had a number of illegitimate children:
*with Elisabeth Durfort (a dancer)
** Antoine Grimaldi (1697–1784), known as the ''Chevalier de Grimaldi''
*with Victoire Vertu (dancer at the Paris opera)
**Antoinette Grimaldi, called ''mademoiselle de Saint-Rémy''
*with an unknown woman
**Louise Marie Thérèse Grimaldi (1705–1723)
Ancestors
Further reading
* Pemberton, H. ''The History of Monaco: Past and Present''. Tinsley Brothers. London: 1867. URL: https://archive.org/details/historyofmonacop00pemb * Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.) ''Europäische Stammtafeln'', J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, volume II, table 201.References