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 Jacques I.

Honoré III
Prince of Monaco
Reign29 December 1731 – 19 January 1793
PredecessorLouise Hippolyte
SuccessorNational Convention
as de facto ruling government
Honoré IV
as next reigning monarch
RegentJacques (1731–1733)
Born(1720-11-10)10 November 1720
Died21 March 1795(1795-03-21) (aged 74)
Spouse
IssueHonoré IV, Prince of Monaco
Prince Joseph
Full name
Honoré Camille Léonor Grimaldi
HouseGrimaldi
FatherJacques Goÿon de Matignon
MotherLouise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco

Early life
Honore the first to the left with his siblings

Honoré was born on 10 November 1720

On 20 May 1732, he moved to Hôtel Matignon in Paris with his father and remained there, even after the proclamation in 1733 of him as Prince of Monaco. Antoine Grimaldi, le Chevalier de Grimaldi, acted as regent for the prince between 1732 and 1784, when Honoré chose to reside in Paris. This situation remained the same for half a century until Antoine's death in 1784, when Honoré III was already 64 years old. Although he was open to the revolutionary ideas of the time, he was imprisoned on 20 September 1793. At his liberation a year later, he was ruined, and his property under seal.

Family

While in Paris, it was suggested that he marry Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, but the marriage never materialised. In 1751, he married Maria Caterina Brignole (d. 1813).

The couple had two children; Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco and Joseph Grimaldi (10 September 1763 – 28 June 1816) before divorcing in 1770, and Marie-Catherine married the Prince de Condé in 1798.

Ancestry
Prince Honoré III
Born: 10 November 1697 Died: 29 December 1731
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Princess Louise Hippolyte I		 Prince of Monaco
1731–1793		 Succeeded by
Prince Honoré IV
Monegasque royalty
Preceded by
Princess Louise Hippolyte		 Hereditary Prince of Monaco
1731-1731		 Succeeded by
Prince Charles, Count of Carladés


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