Jacques de Goyon Matignon

1689 - 1751  (62 years)

• Name	Jacques de Goyon Matignon
  Birth	1689
  Gender	Male
  Death	1751
  Person ID	I92896	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Louise-Hippolyte (of Monaco) Grimaldi,   b. 1697   d. 1731 (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1715
  Children	1. Honore III (of Monaco) Matignon-Grimaldi,   b. 1720   d. 1795 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F33947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Archbishop Honoré-François survived his nephew, Anthony, and died in 1748. With him ended the branch of Monaco. Regardless of the succession rule and with the approval of the king of France, Jacques de Goyon Matignon succeeded his father-in-law and became Jacques I Grimaldi, taking the name and arms of the ancient Mediterranean family. Clearly, the independence of Monaco had become no more than a façade. Representatives of the House of Grimaldi protested in spite of the inherent legal and political difficulties. They could not however affect the status quo. As to Jacques, many in Monaco and Versailles showed little respect for his cavalier attempt at acquiring rank and privileges through a name change. More Matignon than Grimaldi, he chose to live in Paris, and his ambitions remained largely unfulfilled.