Giuseppe Maria Brignole-Sale (1703–1769) was a Genoese nobleman and father of

Maria Caterina Brignole Maria Caterina Brignole (or Marie-Christine de Brignole; 7 October 1737 – 18 March 1813) was Princess consort of Monaco by marriage to Honoré III, Prince of Monaco. She separated from her husband in 1770: he died in 1795, and in 1798 she ...

, Princess of Monaco and later

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. He was the 7th

Marquess of Groppoli The Marquessate of Groppoli, in Tuscany and Liguria, was ruled by the House of Brignole-Sale, an illustrious patrician family of Genoa who were its sovereigns from 1592 to 1774. It was originally an imperial fief, part of the former land ...

. The reigning

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is a direct descendant.

Biography

Giuseppe was the son of Anton Giulio Brignole-Sale, 5th Marquess of Groppoli (1673–1710) and Isabella Brignole, one of the most powerful and wealthy families in the

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. His brothers Gio Francesco Brignole Sale, 6th Marquess (1695–1760) and Rodolfo Brignole-Sale, 8th Marquess (1708–1774) acted as Doges of Genoa. At the premature death of his older brother Gian Giacomo, Giuseppe married his own sister-in-law Maria Anna Balbi, a member of the powerful Balbi family. Balbi would later become the mistress of

Honoré III, Prince of Monaco Honoré III (Honoré Camille Léonor Grimaldi; 10 November 1720 – 21 March 1795) ruled as Prince of Monaco and was Duke of Valentinois from 1731 to 1793. Honoré was the son of Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, and her husband, Prince J ...

, the couple's first son-in-law. She was also the mistress of the '' maréchal de Richelieu''. Like his brothers, Brignole acted as

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to the

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. When his wife took their young daughter to Versailles, his wife became an instant success and would frequent the palace and

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as much as she could. While at Versailles, his wife started an affair with the young

and when she suggested that their daughter marry her ex lover, Brignole refused fearing for his reputation. Honoré III pressured for seventeen months but then opened negotiations to marry the daughter of the Duke of La Vallière. However, the French King

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spoiled the relations between Honoré III and the Duke of La Vallière. Negotiations then changed and their daughter Maria Caterina married Honrore III by Proxy on 15 June 1757. Mother and daughter then went to Monaco by ship. In 1760 he became the 7th

having inherited the title from his brother. At his own death his properties passed to his younger brother Rodolfo Brignole-Sale. Giuseppe died at the

Palazzo Rosso The Palazzo Brignole Sale or Palazzo Rosso is a house museum located in Via Garibaldi, in the historical center of Genoa, in Northwestern Italy. The palace is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Pa ...

in Genoa.

Issue

(7 October 1737 – 18 March 1813) married

and had issue. Remarried in 1798 to Louis Joseph de Bourbon,

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, no issue.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brignole, Giuseppe 1703 births 1769 deaths 18th-century Genoese people Marquesses of Groppoli

Giuseppe Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...