Albert I, Prince o Monaco
Albert I, Prince o Monaco (Albert Honoré Charles; 13 November 1848 – 26 Juin 1922) wis Prince o Monaco frae 10 September 1889 until his daith. He devoted much o his life tae oceanography, exploration an science. Alongside his expeditions, Albert I made reforms on poleetical, economic an social levels, bestowing a constitution on the principality in 1911.
Albert I o Monaco | |
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Prince o Monaco | |
Ring | 10 September 1889 – 26 Juin 1922 |
Predecessor | Charles III |
Successor | Louis II |
Born | 13 November 1848 Paris, France |
Dee'd | 26 Juin 1922 Paris, France | (aged 73)
Buirial | Saunt Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco |
Spouse | Leddy Mary Hamilton (m. 1869; annulled 1880) Alice Heine (m. 1889; separated 1902) |
Issue | Louis II, Prince o Monaco |
Hoose | Grimaldi |
Faither | Charles III, Prince o Monaco |
Mither | Antoinette de Mérode |
First mairiageEedit
On 21 September 1869 at the Château de Marchais (which is still in the possession o the Grimaldis the day) in Champagne, Prince Albert mairit Leddy Mary Victoria Hamilton (1850–1922), o Lanarkshire, Scotland, a dochter o the 11t Duke o Hamilton an his wife, Princess Marie o Baden. The couple met for the first time in August 1869 at a ball hosted bi the Emperor an Empress o Fraunce; thair mairiage haed been arranged bi Albert's grandmither Caroline.
IssueEedit
- Louis II, Prince o Monaco 12 Julie 1870 – 9 Mey 1949)