Chevalier de Grimaldi

Antoine Grimaldi
Chevalier de Grimaldi
Governor-General of Monaco
Tenure20 May 1732 – 28 November 1784
Monarchs
Born(1697-10-02)2 October 1697
Died28 November 1784(1784-11-28) (aged 87)
HouseGrimaldi
FatherAntonio I of Monaco
MotherÉlisabeth Dufort

Antoine Grimaldi, le Chevalier [de] Grimaldi, (Paris, 2 October 1697 – Monaco, 28 November 1784) was the de facto ruler of Monaco between 1732 and 1784. An illegitimate son of Antonio I of Monaco and the dancer Élisabeth Dufort (named Babé), he was recognized by his father in 1715.[1][2] He was ruler of Monaco in his capacity of Regent for the absent Prince, who stayed in Paris or the Château des Matignon.

  1. ^ Favre, Georges (1974). Histoire musicale de la principauté de Monaco du XVIe au XXe siècle (in French). Editions des Archives du Palais Princier. p. 24.
  2. ^ Biographie, Nouvelle (1857). Nouvelle biographie universelle [afterw.] générale, publ. sous la direction de m. le dr. Hoefer (in French). p. 70.