Alice Heine

Alice Heine
Duchess of Richelieu
Princess Alice c. 1890
Princess consort of Monaco
TenureOctober 30, 1889 – June 26, 1922
BornMarie Alice Heine
February 10, 1857
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedDecember 22, 1925
Paris, France
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1875; died 1880)
(m. 1889; died 1922)
IssueArmand de Jumilhac, 8th Duke of Richelieu
Odile, Princess de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel
FatherMichel Heine
MotherMarie Amélie Miltenberger

Marie Alice Heine (February 10, 1857 – December 22, 1925) was an American-born Princess consort of Monaco, by marriage to Prince Albert I of Monaco. Marcel Proust used her as a model for the Princesse de Luxembourg in his novel, In Search of Lost Time. Her first husband was the Duke of Richelieu, and one of the titles of her second husband was Duke of Mazarin; she was thus unique in bearing the titles of both Cardinal Richelieu and Cardinal Mazarin.[1]

  1. ^ Xavier Maillart, "Princess Alice of Monaco’s family background in Alsace" (Laguna Niguel, 2008)