Albert I of Monaco

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Albert I of Monaco was the Prince of Monaco from 1889 to 1922, renowned as a pioneering oceanographer and scientific patron who modernized the principality.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Prince of Monaco
monarch
person
birthDate 1848-11-13
birthPlace Paris, France
burialPlace Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, Monaco
child Louis II, Prince of Monaco
countryOfCitizenship Monaco
deathDate 1922-06-26
deathPlace Paris, France
familyName Grimaldi
father Charles III of Monaco
fieldOfWork cartography
marine science
oceanography
founded Institut Océanographique, Paris
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
fullName Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi
givenName Albert
honorificPrefix His Serene Highness
implemented constitutional reforms in Monaco
modernization of Monaco’s administration
knownFor modernization of Monaco
pioneering oceanographic research
support for scientific research
memberOf French Academy of Sciences
militaryRank officer in the French Navy
mother Antoinette de Mérode
nobleFamily House of Grimaldi
notableWork creation of the Institut Océanographique in Paris
founding of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
occupation monarch
oceanographer
scientific patron
participatedIn oceanographic expeditions in the Atlantic Ocean
oceanographic expeditions in the Mediterranean Sea
positionHeld Prince of Monaco
predecessor Charles III of Monaco
reignEnd 1922-06-26
reignStart 1889-09-10
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Prince's Palace of Monaco
spouse Alice Heine
Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton
successor Louis II, Prince of Monaco
supported international scientific cooperation
title Duke of Valentinois

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Monte Carlo Rally ("Prince Albert I of Monaco")
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Jardin Albert Ier
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Albert I of Monaco ("Prince of Monaco")
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