Prince Louis de Polignac
A statue of Prince Louis de Polignac stands in Monaco, honouring a man of the French nobility. Born in Paris on 10 November 1909, he died in the principality on 11 April 1996, eighty-six years later. French and Monegasque society both ran through his life. The memorial keeps that double tie in view.
He belonged to the de Polignac family, a lineage with a long record in French and European aristocracy. That lineage counts many notable figures and reaches other noble houses in France and beyond. His parents were Prince Henry and Comtesse Diane, and his siblings included Guy, Melchior and Anne Marie. His own lifetime covered two world wars, the making of modern Monaco and the gradual change of that world.
Guidel, in Brittany, holds his grave, a last link between the family and another corner of France. Stand before the statue and you see one thread of that wider story, a noble house whose connections helped shape the principality.
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