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DYNASTY PRINCE LOUIS I OF MONACO, FRIEND AND CLOSE ALLY OF LOUIS XIV, GRAND MONARCH OF FRANCE ЛУИ I, ДРУГ И СОЮЗНИК ВЕЛИКОГО ФРАНЦУЗСКОГО КОРОЛЯ ЛЮДОВИКА XIV WE CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE HISTORICAL CHRONICLE OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO, REVEALING THE MOST INTERESTING STORIES AND FATE OF THE RULERS OF THE PRINCIPALITY. IN THE PREVIOUS WINTER ISSUE OF HELLOMONACO, WE COVERED HONORÉ II, MONACO’S FIRST RULER FORMALLY TITLED «SOVEREIGN PRINCE». HIS GRANDSON PRINCE LOUIS I OF MONACO CONTINUED THE POLITICS OF HONORÉ II AND STRENGTHENED RELATIONS BETWEEN HIS LITTLE COUNTRY AND ITS MIGHTY NEIGHBOUR — FRANCE. © madmonaco.blogspot.com В ПРЕДЫДУЩЕМ ВЫПУСКЕ ЖУРНАЛА HELLOMONACO МЫ РАССКАЗЫВАЛИ ИСТОРИЮ ОНОРЕ II, ПЕРВОГО ПРАВИТЕЛЯ МОНАКО С ТИТУЛОМ «СУВЕРЕННОГО КНЯЗЯ». ДОСТОЙНЫМ НАСЛЕДНИКОМ ПЕРВОГО МОНАКСКОГО КНЯЗЯ СТАЛ ЕГО ВНУК ЛУИ I, БЛАГО ДАРЯ КОТОРОМУ МОНАКО ЗНАЧИТЕЛЬНО УКРЕПИЛО СОЮЗ С МОГУЩЕСТВЕННЫМ СОСЕДОМ — ФРАНЦИЕЙ. Prince Louis I of Monaco (1642–1701) THE SECOND PRINCE OF MONACO The key figures in the life of Prince Louis I of Monaco were his grandfather Prince Honoré II, his wife Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont, and most definitely the Sun King of France, Louis XIV. When Louis was born in 1642 to then Hereditary Prince Hercule (son of Honoré II), King Louis XIV of France had stood as his godfather and the little prince, also titled Duc de Valentinois, was named in his honour. Hercule Grimaldi suddenly died in 1651, so Louis who was just 10 years old became new successor to Honoré II. It was Honoré II, the first Prince of Monaco, who had wisely and with great patience and skill switched liaisons from Spain to France, then under Louis XIII, expelling the Spanish from the Rock in a precision military operation in 1641. In the seventeenth century to survive and thrive as an independent state Monaco had to secure an alliance with one of the great powers and the choice of France as its protecting power proved to be strategically pivotal, a decision that has lasted to this day. 118 / Hello Monaco Spring–Summer 2020 www.hellomonaco.com