Antoine Grimaldi, le Chevalier eGrimaldi, (

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, 2 October 1697 –

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, 28 November 1784) was the de facto ruler of Monaco between 1732 and 1784. An illegitimate son of

Antonio I of Monaco Antonio I (25 January 1661 – 20 February 1731) was the sovereign Prince of Monaco from 1701 to 1731. He was the elder son of Louis I of Monaco and Catherine Charlotte de Gramont. In 1683, Antonio was named lieutenant in the Régiment du Roi ...

and the dancer Élisabeth Dufort (named ''Babé''), he was recognized by his father in 1715. He was ruler of Monaco in his capacity of Regent for the absent Prince.

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The Chevalier de Grimaldi became governor-general of Monaco on 20 May 1732, when his brother-in-law Jacques I, Prince of Monaco and his young nephew

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 ...

moved to Hôtel Matignon in

and remained there, even after the proclamation in 1734 of Honoré as Prince of Monaco. This situation remained the same for half a century until Antoine's death in 1784, when Honoré III was already 64 years old. Antoine Grimaldi was an able regent. For example, he succeeded in keeping Monaco out of the

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(1740–1748). He never married and died on 28 November 1784. His remains were moved in 1966 to the

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of the Monaco Cathedral.

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