Legion d'Honneur, for his service in the French Navy in the Franco-Prussian War (French Empire) Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (civil division), 30 August 1874 (Belgium) Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1882 (Austria-Hungary) Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the White Eagle (civil division), 29 May 1883 (Kingdom of Serbia) Knight of the Supreme Order of Christ (Holy See) Grand Cross of the Royal Military Order of the Tower and Sword (Kingdom of Portugal) Death In his middle years his sight greatly weakened, and by the last decade of his life he had become almost totally blind. In fact, Dr. Thomas Henry Pickering wrote in 1882: "So far back as 1860, Prince Charles lost his eyesight...." He died at Château de Marchais on 10 September 1889. He was succeeded by his son Albert I of Monaco. Coin On 1 June 2016, fifteen thousand 2 euro coins were issued by Monaco; commemorating the 150th anniversary of the foundation of Monte Carlo by Charles III In literature Charles III is referenced, as Prince Charles Honoré, in a fictional entitled, The Fall of Prince Florestan of Monaco, by the British politician Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke. This work was one of satire and parody on a number of political characters of the day. It centered around a Cambridge-educated, half-Württemberg nephew of Charles III who comes to the throne by way of Charles III and the next two heirs being wiped out of existence. The upstart "Florestan II", a radical republican, boldly attempts to democratize Monaco. He fails and then is forced to leave the country. Ancestry References |- 1818 births 1889 deaths 19th-century Princes of Monaco House of Grimaldi Hereditary Princes of Monaco Princes of Monaco Burials at the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate Monegasque princes Marquesses of Baux Grand Masters of the Order of Saint-Charles Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint-Charles Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Monegasque people of Italian descent People of Ligurian descent Dukes of Valentinois