Monaco
6 Century BC Phocean Greek colony of Monoikos ('One House'),
referring to the local Temple of Hercules
Part of the Roman Empire
476 AD Part of the Ostrogoth kingdom
c. 600 Part of Lombardia and the Frankish realm
1174 Sold to Genoa
02 Jul 1191 Granted to Genoa by Empeor Heinrich VI.
08 Jan 1271 - 19 Jan 1793 Grimaldi family rule
10 Apr 1301 - 12 Sep 1331 Genoese rule
19 Nov 1346 Grimaldis acquire Lordship of Menton
19 Dec 1448 - 25 Feb 1489 Under Savoy
20 Feb 1512 France recognises independence of Monaco
07 Jun 1524 - 14 Sep 1641 Protectorate of Spain
14 Sep 1641 - 19 Jan 1793 Principality of Monaco under French protectorate
08 Jun 1688 State Sovereignty declared
14 Feb 1793 - 30 May 1814 Annexed by France
17 Jun 1814 - Principality of Monaco restored
20 Nov 1815 - 17 Jun 1860 Protectorate of Sardinia
21 Mar 1848 Menton and Roquebrune declare indpendence, ceded to Sardinia Jun 1848
17 Jul 1860 - 24 Oct 2002 Under protectorate of France
16 Nov 1942 - 08 Sep 1943 Italian occupation
08 Sep 1943 - 03 Sep 1944 German occupation
Government: Monarchy.
Capital: Monte Carlo.
Language: French, Monagasque, Italian.
Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish.
National Anthem: "A Marcia de Muneghu" (The March of Monaco).
National: Motto: Deo Juvante (With Gods Help).
National Day: Prince's Day, 19th November.
EU Accession: No.
Currency: Euro, (Monegasque Franc 1837-2001).
Note: In this record names of the Grimaldi rulers are recorded in Italian
with French in parentheses until after 1860 when this is reversed. Monaco
began as an Italophone state before becoming Francophone in the nineteenth
century when France annexed the surrounding area and made Monaco a protectorate.
Lords
... - 920 Guido
920 - 940 Grimaldus
08 Jan 1297 - 10 Apr 1301 Grimaldi, Francesco ................... 12..-1309
08 Jan 1297 - 10 Apr 1301 Grimaldi, Ranieri I (Rainier I) ....... 1267-1314
12 Sep 1331 - 15 Aug 1357 Grimaldi, Carlo I .................... 13..-1357
29 Jun 1352 - 15 Aug 1357 Grimaldi, Antonio ..................... 1300-1358
(co-ruler)
29 Jun 1352 - 15 Aug 1357 Grimaldi, Rainieri II ................. 1330-1407
(co-ruler)
19 Dec 1395 - 05 Nov 1402 Grimaldi, Luigi di Monaco
05 Jun 1419 - 1427 Grimaldi, Ambrose di Montone
05 Jun 1419 - 1427 Grimaldi, Antonio di Roccabruna
1427 - 08 May 1454 Grimaldi, Giovanni I .................. 1382-1454
08 May 1454 - Jul 1457 Grimaldi, Catalano .................... 1422-1457
Jul 1457 - 16 Mar 1458 Grimaldi, Claudina (Claudine) ......... 1451-1515
16 Mar 1458 - Mar 1494 Grimaldi, Lamberto .................... 1420-1494
Mar 1494 - 11 Oct 1505 Grimaldi, Giovanni II ................. 1468-1505
11 Oct 1505 - 22 Aug 1523 Grimaldi, Luciano (Lucien) ............ 1468-1505
22 Aug 1523 - 07 Oct 1581 Grimaldi, Onorato I (Honoré I) ........ 1522-1581
22 Aug 1523 - 23 Apr 1532 Augusti Grimaldi, Bishop de Grasse .... 1487-1523
(regent)
07 Oct 1581 - 17 May 1589 Grimaldi, Carlo II .................... 1555-1589
17 May 1589 - 29 Nov 1604 Grimaldi, Ercole (Hecules) ............ 1562-1604
29 Nov 1604 - 14 Sep 1641 Grimaldi, Onorato II (Honoré II) ...... 1597-1662
29 Nov 1604 - 1616 Prince Frederico Landi
de Valdetare (regent)
Princes
14 Sep 1641 - 10 Jan 1662 Grimaldi, Onorato II (Honoré II) ...... s.a
10 Jan 1662 - 03 Jan 1701 Grimaldi, Luigi I (Louis I) ........... 1642-1701
03 Jan 1701 - 20 Feb 1731 Grimaldi, Antonio II (Antoine II) ..... 1661-1731
20 Feb - 29 Dec 1731 Grimaldi, Louise Ippolita ............. 1697-1731
21 Feb 1731 - 07 Nov 1733 Jacques François Léonor Goÿon
de Matignon (Giacomo) ................ 1689-1751
20 May 1732 - 28 Nov 1784 Antonio, Chevalier di Grimaldi ........ 1697-1784
(Regent for Onorato III)
07 Nov 1733 - 19 Jan 1793 Grimaldi, Onorato III (Honoré III) .... 1720-1795
President of the National Convention
19 Jan - 24 Feb 1793 Joseph Barriera Haîné (Giuseppe Barriera)
Princes
30 May 1814 - 16 Feb 1819 Grimaldi, Onorato IV (Honoré IV) ...... 1758-1819
(in Paris)
17 Jun 1814 - 04 Mar 1819 Council of State
- Joseph Marie Grimaldi ................. 1763-1816
- Louis Millo-Terrazzani
- Horace Pretti de Saint-Ambroise
- Antoine Sigaldi
- Joseph Rey
- Honoré Albini
- Prince Honoré
16 Feb 1819 - 02 Oct 1841 Grimaldi, Onorato V (Honoré V) ........ 1778-1841
02 Oct 1841 - 20 Jun 1856 Grimaldi, Florestano (Florestan) ...... 1785-1856
20 Jun 1856 - 10 Sep 1889 Grimaldi, Charles III (Carlo III) ..... 1818-1889
10 Sep 1889 - 26 Jun 1922 Grimaldi, Albert I (Alberto I) ........ 1848-1922
26 Jun 1922 - 09 May 1949 Grimaldi, Louis II (Luigi II) ......... 1870-1949
09 May 1949 - 06 Apr 2005 Grimaldi, Rainier III (Ranieri III) ... 1923-2005
06 Apr 2005 - Grimaldi, Albert II (Alberto II) ...... 1958-
Ministers of State
01 Feb 1911 - 31 Dec 1917 Émile Flach ........................... 1860-1959
01 Jan 1918 - 19 Feb 1919 Georges Jaloustre ..................... 1875-1922
19 Feb 1919 - 11 Aug 1923 Raymond Joseph Marie Le Bourbon ....... 1861-1937
11 Aug 1923 - Jan 1932 Louis Éugene Maurice Piette ........... 1871-1953
Jan - 08 Jun 1932 Honoré Louis César Mauran (1st Time)
(acting)
08 Jun 1932 - 23 May 1937 Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont .............. 1875-1937
23 May - 10 Aug 1937 Honoré "Henri" Louis César Mauran (2nd Time)
(acting)
10 Aug 1937 - 30 Sep 1944 Émile Henri Roblot .................... 1886-1963
01 Oct - 20 Nov 1944 Pierre Blanchy (1st Time)
(acting)
20 Nov 1944 - 31 Dec 1948 Pierre-Charles-Octave de Witasse ...... 1878-1956
04 Jan - 12 Jul 1949 Pierre Blanchy (2nd Time)
(acting)
12 Jul 1949 - 31 Jul 1950 Jacques Léon Rueff .................... 1896-1978
01 Aug 1950 - 02 Sep 1953 Pierre Jean Paul Voizard .............. 1896-1982
02 Sep - 15 Nov 1953 Pierre Blanchy (3rd Time)
(acting)
15 Nov 1953 - 12 Feb 1959 Henri Soum ............................ 1899-1983
12 Feb 1959 - 23 Jan 1962 Émile Amédée Pelletier ................ 1898-1975
23 Jan 1962 - 16 Aug 1963 Pierre Blanchy (4th Time)
(acting)
16 Aug 1963 - 31 Dec 1966 Jean-Émile André Reymond .............. 1912-1986
01 Jan 1967 - 31 Mar 1969 Paul Demange .......................... 1906-1970
01 Apr 1969 - 24 May 1972 François-Didier Gregh ................. 1906-1992
24 May 1972 - 01 Jul 1981 André Saint-Mleux ..................... 1920-2012
01 Jul 1981 - 16 Sep 1985 Jean Lucien Émile Herly ............... 1929-1998
16 Sep 1985 - 16 Feb 1991 Jean Jacques Charles Ausseil .......... 1925-2001
16 Feb 1991 - 02 Dec 1994 Jacques Pierre Dupont ................. 1929-2002
02 Dec 1994 - 03 Feb 1997 Paul Charles Louis Dijond ............. 1938-
03 Feb 1997 - 31 Dec 1999 Michel Lévêque ........................ 1933-
01 Jan 2000 - 31 May 2005 Patrick André Leclercq ................ 1938-
01 Jun 2005 - 30 Mar 2010 Jean-Paul Proust ...................... 1940-2010
30 Mar 2010 - 16 Dec 2015 Michel Roger .......................... 1949-
16 Dec 2015 - 01 Feb 2016 Gilles Tonelli ........................ 1957-
(interim)
01 Feb 2016 - 31 Aug 2020 Serge Telle ........................... 1955-
01 Sep 2020 - 01 Sep 2024 Pierre Dartout ........................ 1954-
02 Sep 2024 - Didier Guillaume ...................... 1959-
Style of the Prince: Principe Sovrano di Monaco, duc di Valontinois (His
Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco) Lat: Princeps Monoecensis.
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