Louis I, Prince of Monaco

Louis I
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Prince of Monaco
Reign	10 January 1662 – 2 January 1701
Predecessor	Honoré II
Successor	Antonio I
Born	(1642-07-25)25 July 1642 Prince's Palace, Monaco
Died	Rome, Papal States
Burial	Saint Nicholas Cathedral
Spouse	Catherine Charlotte de Gramont
Issue	Antonio I, Prince of Monaco Maria Teresa Carlotta Grimaldi Anna Hippolyte, Duchess of Uzès François Honoré, Archbishop of Besançon Giovanna Maria Grimaldi Aurelia, Mademoiselle de Baux
House	Grimaldi
Father	Prince Hercule, Marquis of Baux
Mother	Maria Aurelia Spinola

Louis I, Prince of Monaco (25 July 1642 in Prince's Palace of Monaco – 3 January 1701 in Rome) was Prince of Monaco from 1662 until 1701.

Louis Grimaldi was the elder son of Prince Hercule of Monaco and Maria Aurelia Spinola.

Louis married 30 March 1660 in Pau Catherine Charlotte de Gramont (1639 – Paris 4 June 1678), daughter of Marshal Antoine III de Gramont.

They had six children :

• Antoine Grimaldi (1661–1731), his successor.
• Maria Teresa Carlotta Grimaldi (14 June 1662 – 1738), a Visitandine nun at Monaco.
• Anna Hippolyte Grimaldi (1667 – 23 July 1700), married (1696) Jacques de Crussol, Duc d'Uzès (29 December 1675, Paris – 19 July 1739, Uzès castle).
• François Honoré Grimaldi (21 December 1669 – 18 February 1748, Paris), Archbishop of Besançon
• Jeanne Maria Grimaldi, a Visitandine nun at Monaco, later coadjutrice of the Abbey of Royallieu near Compiègne.
• Aurelia Grimaldi, called mademoiselle de Baux.

In 1662 Louis succeeded his grandfather Honoré II as Prince of Monaco. In 1666 he distinguished himself at the Four Days' Battle between the English and Dutch fleets. On 5 July 1668 he 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 on 31 December 1688.

In 1699 Louis XIV sent Louis to Rome as ambassador extraordinary. There on 19 December he presented the insignia of the Order of the Holy Spirit to James Louis and Alexander Benedict Sobieski, the two sons of King John III of Poland. Louis remained in Rome, where he died 3 January 1701. His remains were transported back to Monaco.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 25 July 1642 – 2 August 1651 His Serene Highness the Count of Carladès
• 2 August 1651 – 10 January 1662 His Serene Highness the Marquis of Baux
• 10 January 1662 – 3 January 1701 His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco

Ancestors

Family of Louis I, Prince of Monaco

16. Honoré I, Lord of Monaco               8. Hercule, Lord of Monaco                       17. Isabella Grimaldi               4. Honoré II, Prince of Monaco                             18. Claudio Landi, 3rd Prince of Val di Taro               9. Maria Landi                       19. Juana Fernández de Córdoba y Milá de Aragón               2. Ercole of Monaco                                   20. Giovanni Giacomo Trivulzio               10. Carlo Emanuele Trivulzio                       21. Ottavia Marliani               5. Ippolita Trivulzio                             22. Alfonso Gonzaga, Marquis of Castel Goffredo               11. Caterina Gonzaga                       23. Ippolita Maggi               1. Louis I, Prince of Monaco                                         24. Goffredo Spinola               12. Gaspare Spinola                       25. Maria Grimaldi               6. Luca Spinola, Lord of Molfetta                             26. Niccolò Doria, Doge of Genoa               13. Maria Doria                       27. Aurelia Grimaldi               3. Maria Aurelia Spinola                                   28. Giovanni Maria Spinola               14. Giovanni Batista Spinola                       29. Pellina Lercari               7. Pellina Spinola                             30. Filippo Spinola               15. Maria Spinola                       31. Polissena Grimaldi

Preceded by Honoré II

Sovereign Prince of Monaco Duke of Valentinois 1662–1701

Succeeded by Antonio I