father predecessor successor succession mother birth_place death_place death_date birth_date spouse issue image article_title name reign
hercule , lord of monaco hercule as lord of monaco louis i as prince of monaco sovereign of monaco maria landi monaco monaco 10 january 1662 24 december 1597 ippolita trivulzio hercules , marquis of baux honore ii of monaco.gif honoré ii , prince of monaco
 honoré ii 21 november 1604 -- 10 january 1662
honoré ii , prince of monaco

honoré ii -lrb- 24 december 1597 -- 10 january 1662 -rrb- was sovereign prince of monaco .
he was the first to be called prince , but started his reign as lord of monaco .
he was the son of hercule , lord of monaco -lrb- 24 september 1562 -- 21 november 1604 -rrb- and maria landi .
his father was murdered when he was six , and he succeeded under the regency of his uncle , frederico landi , 4th prince of val di taro .
landi was a loyal ally and friend of spain and allowed the country to be occupied by spanish troops in 1605 .
the inhabitants of monaco were prohibited to carry arms and the prince and his two sisters were moved to milan .
the `` council of monaco '' tried to limit spanish power but the occupation lasted until 1614 , and a strong spanish influence remained until 1633 , when it recognized honoré as a sovereign prince .
from adulthood , honoré started to criticize spain and turned to france for support .
louis xiii gave him the support he needed and this resulted in the treaty of péronne .
this ended spanish rule and put monaco under french protection , recognizing and guaranteeing monegasque sovereignty .
as a consequence honoré lost his spanish and italian possessions , but was compensated by king louis xiii of france with the marquisate `` les baux '' and the title of duke of valentinois .
during his reign he did much to extend , rebuild and transform the genoese fortress that was the grimaldi 's stronghold into what is today monaco 's princely palace .
