Prince's Palace of Monaco from Normandy. Louise-Hippolyte succeeded her father as sovereign of Monaco in 1731 but died just months later. The King of France, confirming Monaco's subservient state to France, ignored the protests of other branches of the Grimaldi family, overthrew the Monégasque constitution, and approved the succession of Jacques de Goyon Matignon as Prince Jacques I. Jacques I assumed the name and arms of the Grimaldi, but the French aristocracy showed scant respect towards the new prince who had risen from their ranks and chose to spend his time absent from Monaco. He died in 1751 and was succeeded by his and
Royal family of Emesa Royal family of Emesa The Emesene dynasty, also called "the Emesani dynasty", "the Sempsigerami of Emesa" or "the Sampsiceramids", were a ruling Roman client dynasty of priest-kings in Emesa, Syria Province (modern Homs, Syria). Iamblichus, the famous Neoplatonist philosopher of the Third century, was one of their descendants. Emesa was famous for the worship of the strong ancient pagan cult "El-Gebal", also known as "Elagabal". The city was renowned for El-Gebal’s place of worship the "Temple of the Sun". El-Gebal was worshipped in the form of a conical black stone. El-Gebal was the Aramaic name for the Syrian Sun God