Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco

Honoré IV
Prince of Monaco
Reign	30 May 1814 – 16 February 1819
Predecessor	National Convention as de facto ruling government Honoré III as previous reigning monarch
Successor	Honoré V
Born	(1758-05-17)17 May 1758
Died
Burial	Saint Nicholas Cathedral
Spouse	Louise d'Aumont
Issue	Honoré V, Prince of Monaco Florestan I, Prince of Monaco
Full name Honoré Grimaldi
House	Grimaldi
Father	Honoré III, Prince of Monaco
Mother	Maria Caterina Brignole

Honoré IV (17 May 1758 – 16 February 1819) was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 12 March 1795 to 16 February 1819. He was the son of Prince Honoré III by his wife, Maria Caterina Brignole, a Genoese noblewoman. After the fall of Napoleon I, he regained control of the principality thanks to a clause added by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord at the Congress of Vienna stating that, "the Prince of Monaco should return to his estates", and passed on his titles to his eldest son, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco.

Honoré IV married Louise Félicité Victoire d'Aumont, Duchess of Aumont, Duchess Mazarin and of La Meilleraye on 15 July 1777 in Paris. They divorced in 1798. They had two sons:

1. Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778–1841)
2. Florestan I, Prince of Monaco (1785–1856)

During the French occupation of Monaco, Honoré IV was imprisoned for several years. Illnesses resulting from this imprisonment incapacitated Honoré IV in his later years, and following the re-establishment of the Principality a regency was established to rule in Honoré's name.

Ancestry

Family of Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco

16. François Goyon de Matignon               8. Jacques III Goyon de Matignon                       17. Anne Malon de Bercy               4. Jacques Goyon de Matignon, Prince of Monaco                             18. Henri Goyon de Matignon, Count of Thorigny               9. Charlotte Goyon de Matignon, Countess of Thorigny                       19. Marie Francoise Le Tellier, Lady of Luthumière               2. Honoré III Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco                                   20. Louis Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco               10. Antonio Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco                       21. Catherine Charlotte de Gramont               5. Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi, Princess of Monaco                             22. Louis of Lorraine, Count of Armagnac               11. Marie of Lorraine                       23. Catherine de Neufville de Villeroy               1. Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco                                         24. Giovanni Francesco Brignole Sale, 4th Marquis of Groppoli               12. Anton Giulio Brignole Sale, 5th Marquis of Groppoli                       25. Maria Anna Durazzo               6. Giuseppe Brignole Sale, 7th Marquis of Groppoli                             26. Giovanni Giacomo Brignole Sale               13. Isabella Brignole Sale                       27. Lucrezia Pallavicini               3. Maria Caterina Brignole Sale                                   28. Giacomo Balbi               14. Francesco Maria Balbi, Doge of Genoa                       29. Olimpia Pinelli               7. Maria Anna Balbi                             30. Giovanni Agostino Durazzo               15. Maria Clarice Durazzo                       31. Maddalena Spinola