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Prince Honoré V often had to make unpopular decisions that displeased the Monegasques .
provide the Principality with amenities . By his own admission he “ desired to do good ” but “ did not manage to ”, despite his philanthropic ideals .
When liberal movements began to oppose the counter revolutionary tide of post-Napoleonic Europe some in Monaco thought of joining in but Sardinian troops arrived to crush the potential rebellion in its infancy .
UNJUST DISLIKE
History has tended to record Prince Honoré V as a very unpopular and autocratic monarch , but , in reality he was quite progressive . He sincerely wished to help his people and had great sympathy for the poor . His reaction to
At the end of 2019 , a 2 € commemorative coin was issued to mark the 200th anniversary of Prince Honoré V ’ s accession to the throne .
© www . euro-coins . info seeing beggars on the streets was to form state-owned industries and put them to work . Some of the industries he set up included a lace factory and a hat factory . He also had them put to work on farm cooperatives as citrus orchards had long been a large part of the Monegasque economy . All of this has led some people to regard Prince Honoré V as a sort of socialist , though he probably would not have seen it that way .
But all efforts to save the economy did not make Monegasques appreciate their Prince . Honoré V of Monaco died on October 2 , 1841 in Paris and remained in the history of the country as an authoritarian ruler who did not trust anyone , including family members , and made decisions alone . As he was not married and had no children the Monegasque throne passed to his poet-actor brother Florestan .
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