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Antoinette de Merode
Princess consort of Monaco
Tenure1856–1864
Born(1828-09-28)28 September 1828
Brussels, Belgium
Died10 February 1864(1864-02-10) (aged 35)
Paris, France
Burial
Saint Nicholas Cathedral
SpouseCharles III, Prince of Monaco
IssueAlbert I, Prince of Monaco
Names
Antoinette Ghislaine de Merode
HouseMerode
FatherWerner de Merode
MotherVictoire de Spangen d'Uyternesse

Antoinette de Merode (Antoinette Ghislaine; 28 September 1828 – 10 February 1864), Princess of Monaco, was born in Brussels as the daughter of Count Werner de Merode (1797-1840) and his spouse, Countess Victoire de Spangen d'Uyternesse (1797–1845).

Life and marriage

Princely Monogram of Princess Antoinette

On her eighteenth birthday on 28 September 1846 in Brussels, she married Charles III, Prince of Monaco. It was a double wedding with her older sister, Louise.

Thanks to her generous dowry, Prince Charles III was able to finance the embellishment of Monte Carlo in order to attract wealthy tourists to the principality.[citation needed] She acquired for herself the Château de Marchais, which is still the property of the Grimaldi family today.

On 13 November 1848, she gave birth in Paris to Albert I, Prince of Monaco. From 1856 until her death in 1864, she was the Princess consort of Monaco.

She was the sister of Louise de Mérode and aunt of Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, for three years Queen of Spain. Antoinette de Merode died on 10 February 1864 in Paris (aged 35) and was interred in the Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco.


Ancestry

Family of Antoinette de Mérode
16. Jean Philippe, Count de Merode, Marquis van Westerloo
8. Philippe-Maximilien de Merode, Marquis van Westerloo
17. Princess Charlotte of Nassau-Hadamar
4. Guillaume, Count de Merode, Prince de Rubempré
18. Maximilian de Merode, Prince de Rubempré et d'Everberghe
9. Marie Catherine de Merode, Princess de Rubempré et d'Everberghe
19. Catherine Ockermans
2. Count Werner de Merode
20. Antoine Henri d'Ongnies, Count de Coupigny
10. Othon-Henri d'Ongnies, Count de Mastaing, Prince van Grimberghen
21. Marie Josèphe de Jauche, Countess de Mastaing
5. Marie d'Ongnies, Princess van Grimberghen
22. Joachim Maximilian Marie Joseph de Merode, Marquis de Deynze
11. Marie de Merode
23. Thérèse-Jeanne de Merode
1. Countess Antoinette de Merode
24. Jacques François van Spangen, Baron d'Uyternesse
12. Count Charles de Spangen d'Uyternesse
25. Thérèse Le Boeuf, Dame van Watervliet
6. Count François de Spangen d'Uyternesse
26. Sebastien de Croix, Count de Clerfayt
13. Marie Anne de Croix dit de Drumez
27. Marie Le Duc d'Onezies et Hénin
3. Countess Victoire de Spangen d'Uyternesse
28. Jacques Philippe, Baron de Flaveau
14. Jacques Albert, Baron de Flaveau
29. Louise Martine de Godart, Dame d'Ermeton
7. Louise de Flaveau
30. Guillaume de Cassal, Seigneur de Ny
15. Ernestine Henriette de Cassal de Ny
31. Dieudonnée-Henriette-Michelle d'Ochain

References

  • Georges Martin, Histoire et généalogie de la maison de Mérode, Lyon, 1999.
Monegasque royalty
Preceded by Princess consort of Monaco
1856–1864 		Vacant
Title next held by
Alice Heine


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