As a result of the French Revolution of 1789, the Grimaldis lost all aristocratic privileges in France and their possessions there. Despite the Franco-Monegasque Treaty of Péronne, Monaco, which was surrounded by France, demanded the deposition of the prince and the annexation to France, which had become a republic with the deposition of Louis XVI in 1792. Honoré III was imprisoned after the annexation decision in 1793 and died in a dungeon in Paris in 1795. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Congress of Vienna, thanks to Talleyrand's efforts, restored the State of Monaco and the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was given back Savoy, Piedmont and Nice, and in addition Genoa, with Turin as its capital, became the protector of Monaco. Honoré IV, however, was too ill to take control of his principality, so he appointed his brother, Prince Joseph, as regent - although his son Honoré Gabriel Grimaldi (1778-1841) revolted against this and was subsequently appointed regent of Honoré IV by Prince Joseph in 1815. After his death he ascended the throne in 1819 as Prince Honoré V. The coin shows Honoré Gabriel Grimaldi after a painting by an unknown painter created around 1800. |
