Antonio I, Prince of Monaco

Antonio I
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Prince of Monaco
Reign	3 January 1701 – 20 February 1731
Predecessor	Louis I
Successor	Louise Hippolyte
Born	(1661-01-25)25 January 1661
Died
Spouse	Marie of Lorraine
Issue	Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco Margherita Camilla, Princess of Isenghien
House	Grimaldi
Father	Louis I, Prince of Monaco
Mother	Catherine Charlotte de Gramont

Antonio I (25 January 1661 – 20 February 1731) was the Prince of Monaco from 1701 to 1731. He was the elder son of Louis I, Prince of Monaco and Catherine Charlotte de Gramont.

In 1683 Antonio was named lieutenant in the Régiment du Roi Infanterie. In 1684 he was named colonel of the regiment of Soissonois. During the Nine Years War he was present at the Battle of Philippsburg (1688), the Battle of Fleurus (1690), the Siege of Mons (1691), and the Siege of Namur (1692).

On 21 August 1702 Antonio took the oath to King Louis XIV of France in the Parlement on account of being Duke of Valentinois and a Peer of France. He was made a knight of the French royal orders in 1724.

Marriage and children

Antonio married 13 June 1688 Marie de Lorraine-Armagnac (12 August 1674 – 30 October 1724), daughter of Louis de Lorraine-Guse, Count d'Armagnac.

They had six daughters of whom only three survived infancy :

• Caterina Charlotte (7 October 1691 – 18 June 1696), Mademoiselle de Monaco.
• Louise Hippolyte (10 November 1697 – 29 December 1731), successor of her father.
• Elisabetta Charlotte (3 November 1698 – 25 August 1702), Mademoiselle de Valentinois.
• Margherita Camilla (1 May 1700 – 27 April 1758), Mademoiselle de Carlades; married on 16 April 1720 to Louis de Gand-Vilain, Prince d'Isenghien and Marshal of France.
• Maria Devota (15 March 1702 – 24 October 1703), Mademoiselle des Baux.
• Maria Paolina Theresa Devota (23 October 1708 – 20 May 1726), Mademoiselle de Chabreuil.

Antonio also had a number of illegitimate children:

• with Elisabeth Durfort (a dancer)
  • Antoine Grimaldi (1697–1784), known as le Chevalier de Grimaldi
• with Victoire Vertu (dancer at the Paris opera)
  • Antoinette Grimaldi, called mademoiselle de Saint-Rémy
• with an unknown woman
  • Louise Marie Thérèse Grimaldi (1705–1723)

Ancestors

Family of Antonio I, Prince of Monaco

16. Hercule, Lord of Monaco               8. Honoré II, Prince of Monaco                       17. Maria Landi               4. Hercules of Monaco                             18. Carlo Emanuele Trivulzio               9. Ippolita Trivulzio                       19. Caterina Gonzaga               2. Louis I, Prince of Monaco                                   20. Gaspare Spinola               10. Luca Spinola, signore di Molfetta                       21. Maria Doria               5. Maria Aurelia Spinola                             22. Giovanni Batista Spinola               11. Pellina Spinola                       23. Maria Spinola               1. Antonio I, Prince of Monaco                                         24. Philibert de Gramont, Count of Guiche               12. Antoine, Duke de Gramont                       25. Diane d'Andoins               6. Antoine, Duke de Gramont                             26. Antoine de Roquelaure, Lord of Roquelaure               13. Louise de Roquelaure                       27. Catherine d'Ornesan               3. Catherine Charlotte de Gramont                                   28. François de Chivré, seigneur du Plessis               14. Hector de Chivré, seigneur du Plessis                       29. Léonore de la Porte               7. Françoise Marguerite du Plessis de Chivré                             30. Nicolas de Connan, Lord of Rabastan               15. Marie de Connan                       31. Anne d'O

Preceded by Louis I	Sovereign Prince of Monaco 1701–1731	Succeeded by Louise-Hippolyte
	Duke of Valentinois 1701–1731	Extinct

References

(German) Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.) Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, volume II, table 201.