Monaco Royalty. Father of Rainier III. Grimaldi and Antoinette de Massy.
Born at Château de Kerscamp, Morbihan, Brittany, France, as Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior de Polignac, he was the father of Rainier III of Monaco, and thus the paternal grandfather of Albert II of Monaco. He was a promoter of art, music, and literature in Monaco and served as the head of the country's delegation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and to the International Olympic Committee
He married Princess Charlotte of Monaco (née Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet), the illegitimate but adopted daughter of Louis II of Monaco and Marie Juliette Louvet. His surname and arms were altered by Monegasque ordinance shortly after he became a Monegasque citizen (to ensure that his dynastic issue would bear the surname of Grimaldi in compliance with Article I of Monaco's house law), Pierre remained in succession to the French title Duke of Polignac, as do his legitimate male-line descendants.
Their arranged marriage was not a happy one; they separated in 1930 when Charlotte left him to live with her Italian lover Dr. Del Masso. They were divorced by ordinance of Prince Louis II on 18 February 1933 with the temperamental father-in-law vowing he would call out the Monégasque army if the prince ever set foot in the principality again.The banishment from Monaco, however, was lifted in April 1933, and he would receive an annuity of 500,000 Francs a year.
Prince Pierre of Monaco died on 10 November 1964, of cancer, at the American Hospital in Neuilly, Paris, France
Born at Château de Kerscamp, Morbihan, Brittany, France, as Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior de Polignac, he was the father of Rainier III of Monaco, and thus the paternal grandfather of Albert II of Monaco. He was a promoter of art, music, and literature in Monaco and served as the head of the country's delegation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and to the International Olympic Committee
He married Princess Charlotte of Monaco (née Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet), the illegitimate but adopted daughter of Louis II of Monaco and Marie Juliette Louvet. His surname and arms were altered by Monegasque ordinance shortly after he became a Monegasque citizen (to ensure that his dynastic issue would bear the surname of Grimaldi in compliance with Article I of Monaco's house law), Pierre remained in succession to the French title Duke of Polignac, as do his legitimate male-line descendants.
Their arranged marriage was not a happy one; they separated in 1930 when Charlotte left him to live with her Italian lover Dr. Del Masso. They were divorced by ordinance of Prince Louis II on 18 February 1933 with the temperamental father-in-law vowing he would call out the Monégasque army if the prince ever set foot in the principality again.The banishment from Monaco, however, was lifted in April 1933, and he would receive an annuity of 500,000 Francs a year.
Prince Pierre of Monaco died on 10 November 1964, of cancer, at the American Hospital in Neuilly, Paris, France
Monaco Royalty. Father of Rainier III. Grimaldi and Antoinette de Massy.
Born at Château de Kerscamp, Morbihan, Brittany, France, as Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior de Polignac, he was the father of Rainier III of Monaco, and thus the paternal grandfather of Albert II of Monaco. He was a promoter of art, music, and literature in Monaco and served as the head of the country's delegation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and to the International Olympic Committee
He married Princess Charlotte of Monaco (née Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet), the illegitimate but adopted daughter of Louis II of Monaco and Marie Juliette Louvet. His surname and arms were altered by Monegasque ordinance shortly after he became a Monegasque citizen (to ensure that his dynastic issue would bear the surname of Grimaldi in compliance with Article I of Monaco's house law), Pierre remained in succession to the French title Duke of Polignac, as do his legitimate male-line descendants.
Their arranged marriage was not a happy one; they separated in 1930 when Charlotte left him to live with her Italian lover Dr. Del Masso. They were divorced by ordinance of Prince Louis II on 18 February 1933 with the temperamental father-in-law vowing he would call out the Monégasque army if the prince ever set foot in the principality again.The banishment from Monaco, however, was lifted in April 1933, and he would receive an annuity of 500,000 Francs a year.
Prince Pierre of Monaco died on 10 November 1964, of cancer, at the American Hospital in Neuilly, Paris, France
Born at Château de Kerscamp, Morbihan, Brittany, France, as Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior de Polignac, he was the father of Rainier III of Monaco, and thus the paternal grandfather of Albert II of Monaco. He was a promoter of art, music, and literature in Monaco and served as the head of the country's delegation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and to the International Olympic Committee
He married Princess Charlotte of Monaco (née Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet), the illegitimate but adopted daughter of Louis II of Monaco and Marie Juliette Louvet. His surname and arms were altered by Monegasque ordinance shortly after he became a Monegasque citizen (to ensure that his dynastic issue would bear the surname of Grimaldi in compliance with Article I of Monaco's house law), Pierre remained in succession to the French title Duke of Polignac, as do his legitimate male-line descendants.
Their arranged marriage was not a happy one; they separated in 1930 when Charlotte left him to live with her Italian lover Dr. Del Masso. They were divorced by ordinance of Prince Louis II on 18 February 1933 with the temperamental father-in-law vowing he would call out the Monégasque army if the prince ever set foot in the principality again.The banishment from Monaco, however, was lifted in April 1933, and he would receive an annuity of 500,000 Francs a year.
Prince Pierre of Monaco died on 10 November 1964, of cancer, at the American Hospital in Neuilly, Paris, France
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