New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-18

of the eighteenth century the people OF
Monaco considered IL necessary to take
their cue, not only in matters OF fashion
but also IN politics. from the Parisians
Honore III Of Monac was the very coun-
terpart OF King Louis XVI OF France, the
one being as easygoing and kindly as the
other. When France obtained the conces-
sion OF a national assembly from Louis
XVI Monaco Immediately insisted on hav-
ing one conceded by Prince Honore Ill
When the French Assembly abolished feu-
cal rights the Monaco Assembly straight
way followed suit when Louis XVI made
his vain attempt to escape from France
Prince Honore fed from Monaco. taking
the road to Paris. whereupon his subjects.
like those Of Louis XVI, organized a ma
tional convention. When the Tuileries
was sacked Prince Honores castle at
Monte Carlo underwent similar treatment
at the hands OF the Monaco mob.
Indeed. every revolutionary move in
Paris had its counterpart in miniature at
Monaco. with this difference. that Prince
Honore did not lose his head However,
he was solemnly deprived OF his title OF
prince and was styled from thenceforth in
communications from his former subjects
and by the authorities OF Paris. where he
resided, as Citizen Monaco" Just in the
same way as Louis XVI became Citizen
Capet" All his property was conflscated,
and eventually he was thrown into prison
and incarcerated in Jail in the Rue de
Sevres at Paris. After spending more
than a year IN captivity he was released
in a dying condition, to expire at his
home. in the Rue de vsrennes. in Paris.
His wife. Marie de Brignole-Sale. daugh-
ter of the last Doge Of Genoa survived
him. marrying after his death Louis
Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condo, Oh
whose mysterious death by strangulation
the late Due d'Aumale inherited Chan
tilly, now the property Of the Institute Of
France.
Honore III had three sons, the eldest Of
whom succeeded him as Honore ", great
grandfather OF the present ruler OF Monaco.
His second son. Prince Joseph Grimald'
married Therese FRANCHISE de Stainvile.
daughter OF the celebrated French Marechal
de Stainville. Arrested at Paris during the
Terror, she became one OF the heroines OF
that epoch. When brought before the Revo-
lutionary tribunal. the infamous Fouquier,
as public prosecutor, demanded the head Of
the woman Monaco" as he designated her,
ard she was condemned TO be guillOtined on
tho Sth Thermidor. On the advice of a
friend. who was convinced that the Terror
was drawing TO an end. and who hoped TO
save her life by delaying her execution. she
announced that she was about to become
mother. But two days afterward her con-
science became troubled with having thus
told a lie, and she wrote 10 Fouquier him
SELF letter which has been preserved, 'n
which she Informed him that she was not
enceinte, and that she did not wish to save
- Inn,
thereof. by lie. Fouquier. instead Of be-
ing moved by the letter. saw 10 # that tho
order for her execution was carried out.
She was guillotined on the 9th Thermidor,
being actually the last victim OF the Revo-
lutionary tribunal which was overthrown
at the very moment when her head fell.
The Princes OF Monaco are Grfmalds
only through the female line. The dynasty
itself became extinct in the male line by
the death. in 1871, Of Anthony /. who was
succeeded by his only daughter, Louise.
married 20 James de Goyon- Mstignon. Duo
d Estourville. one OF the mobiles Of the
court OF Versailles. and who, with the au-
thorization Of Louis XIV, was permitted 70
assume his father-in-lav's French dukedom
Of Valentinois. II was the son OF this union
who was Honore III, the Monaco counter
part OF the I'll fated Louis XVI OF France
Honore " (who. after the downfall of
Napoleon. was invested by the Congress OF
Vienna in the place Of his dead father with
possession Of the throne and principally of
Monaco married Louise de Mazarfn.
daughter OF the last Duke OF Mazarfn, and
through him the French dulxedom Of Maza-
rim, with the consent OF Louis XVIII OF
France, passed 20 the Princes of Monaco.
OF this marriage there were two sons.
Honore Y. who died in 1871. and F1orestan,
who had, during the reign OF Emperor Ma
pOleon, earned his livelihood as an actor
at the Ambigu Theatre. at Paris. marrying
Caroline Gilbert. daughter OF a Parfsiaa
'chsrcutier.' or delicatessen vender. who
had been very kind and charitable 10 him
when he was not earning enough on the
stage 70 keep body and soul together The
former actor and the pork butchers daugn-
ter are therefore the grandfather and grand
mother Of the present ruler Of Monaco.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.