Alice Heine
Marie Alice Heine (born February 10, 1858 in New Orleans , † December 22, 1925 in Paris ) was Princess of Monaco and Duchess of Richelieu.
She was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans as the daughter of Heinrich Heine's cousin Michel Heine , a German entrepreneur, and his wife Amelie Miltenberger. Her father had emigrated from Germany to Paris in 1840, he came from a well-known banking family and had settled in New Orleans , USA , in 1843 , where he successfully traded real estate. Her mother was the daughter of a well-known architect.
Due to the American Civil War, the family moved back to France, where Alice made a big impression in Parisian society because of her beauty and youth. Her father's company, A&M Heine, helped finance the Napoleon III. out against Prussia War .
After converting from Jewish to Catholic, she married her first husband on February 27, 1875, Marie Odet Armand Chapelle, Marquis of Jumilhac, 7th Duke of Richelieu , who died on June 28, 1880. Her son Armand became 8th and last Duke of Richelieu after the death of his father.
Nine years after the death of her husband, she married Prince Albert I of Monaco, whose first marriage to Mary Victoria Hamilton had been annulled in 1880. Even before Grace Kelly, she was the first American wife to side with a Monegasque prince.
Princess Alice was very interested in art and promoted opera, theater and ballet in Monaco. Her relationship with the English composer Isidore de Lara led Prince Albert to beat her in front of the assembled audience in the Salle Garnier. The royal couple separated on May 30, 1902, but remained married. After the Prince's death, twenty years after the separation, she was allowed to bear the title “Your Highness, the Dowager Princess”. She did not marry again and died three years after her husband. Her grave is on the Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris.
Web links
- angelfire.com: Extract from the family tree of the House of Monaco
Individual evidence
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Alice of Monaco
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Antoinette de Mérode-Westerloo | Princess of Monaco 1880–1922 |
Ghislaine Dommanget |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Heine, Alice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heine, Marie Alice (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Monaco and Duchess of Richelieu |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1925 |
| Place of death | Paris |