Honoré IV (Honoré Charles Anne Grimaldi; 17 May 1758 – 16 February 1819) was
Prince of Monaco
The sovereign prince (french: prince de Monaco) is the monarch and head of state of the Principality of Monaco. All reigning princes have taken the name of the House of Grimaldi, although some have belonged to other families (Goyon de Matignon or ...
and
Duke of Valentinois
Duke of Valentinois (french: Duc de Valentinois; it, Duca Valentino) is a title of nobility, originally in the French peerage. It is currently one of the many hereditary titles claimed by the Prince of Monaco despite its extinction in French law ...
from 1814 to 16 February 1819. Because of his health, the state of affairs was managed by a regency of his brother
Joseph Grimaldi, and his son Prince Honoré V.
Life
He was the son of
Prince Honoré III and
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 sh ...
.
During the French occupation of Monaco, Honoré IV was imprisoned for several years. After the fall of
Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
in 1814, he regained control of the principalitythanks to a clause added by
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (, ; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French clergyman, politician and leading diplomat. After studying theology, he became Agent-General of the ...
at the
Congress of Vienna
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stating, "the Prince of Monaco should return to his estates"and passed on his titles to his eldest son,
Prince Honoré V
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...
.
Illnesses resulting from his imprisonment incapacitated Honoré IV in his later years, and following the re-establishment of the Principality in 1814, a
regency
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...
was established to rule in Honoré's name. This regency was directed, first, by his brother
Joseph Grimaldi, then from 1815 by his son, the Hereditary Prince Honoré, who succeeded him in 1819 as Sovereign Prince Honoré V.
Family
Honoré IV married
Louise Félicité Victoire d'Aumont, Duchess of Aumont, Duchess Mazarin and of La Meilleraye on 15 July 1777 in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. They divorced in 1798. They had two sons:
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Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778–1841)
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Florestan, Prince of Monaco
Florestan (Tancrède Florestan Roger Louis Grimaldi; 10 October 1785, in Paris – 20 June 1856) was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 2 October 1841 until his death. He was the second son of Prince Honoré IV and Louise d'Aumont ...
(1785–1856)
Ancestry
References
External links
Official Website of the Princely Family of Monaco
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1758 births
1819 deaths
18th-century peers of France
19th-century Princes of Monaco
House of Grimaldi
Princes of Monaco
Burials at the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate
Monegasque princes
Hereditary Princes of Monaco
Monegasque people of Italian descent
People of Ligurian descent
Marquesses of Baux
Dukes of Valentinois
Members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration
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