Antoinette de Mérode

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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
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

Coat of arms of Princess Antoinette

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