Antoinette de Mérode

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. 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

Ancestors 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 Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz	Princess consort of Monaco 1856–1864	Vacant Title next held by Alice Heine

Monegasque consorts

Charlene Wittstock (2011–present)
Grace Kelly (1956–1982)
Ghislaine Dommanget (1946–1949)
Alice Heine (1889–1922)
Antoinette de Mérode (1856–1864)
Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz (1841–1856)
Maria Caterina Brignole (1757–1770)
Jacques Goyon de Matignon (1731)
Marie of Lorraine (1701–1724)
Catherine Charlotte de Gramont (1662–1678)
Ippolita Trivulzio (1616–1638)

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