Antoine Grimaldi, le Chevalier eGrimaldi, (Paris, 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. Early life Antonio was the elder son of Louis I of Monaco and Catherine Charlotte de Gramont. Career In 1683, Antonio was named lieutenant ...

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, who stayed in Paris or the Château des Matignon.

Life

The Chevalier de Grimaldi became governor-general of Monaco on 20 May 1732, when his brother-in-law

Jacques I, Prince of Monaco Jacques I (Jacques François Léonor Goyon de Grimaldi; 21 November 1689 – 23 April 1751) was Prince of Monaco from 1731 to 1733. He was also Duke of Valentinois from 1716 until 1733, and Count of Thorigny. For ten months preceding his re ...

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 1733 to 1793. Honoré was the son of Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, and her husband, Prince Jacq ...

moved to

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in Paris 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 was an able regent. For example, he succeeded in keeping Monaco out of the

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(1740–1748). Antoine 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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1697 births 1784 deaths 18th-century regents

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