was joined by her spouse some time later. There was a great scandal when she claimed that her father in law, the elderly Prince Louis I, had made unwanted sexual advances towards her, possibly as a way to receive permission to return to Paris or to be forced to return to Monaco when she managed to return to Paris. She managed to return to Paris in 1693, where she lived separated from her husband with the support of her mother. In Paris, she participated in high society life and caused a scandal by having a number of lovers, whose images her husband had made in the form of dolls, after which he mock-executed the dolls outside of his palace. After six years, her mother and the king had the couple reunite with the purpose of reproducing an heir, and the couple returned to Monaco in 1697. After it was clear that Marie was not going to give birth to a son, her husband began a series of badly concealed affairs. Her husband fathered numerous illegitimate children during the marriage. Princess of Monaco At the death of her father-in-law, her husband succeeded to the principality of Monaco in 1701. She lived in Monaco with her consort until 1712 and their relationship was described as unhappy but peaceful. In reality, they lived apart; Antoine in the Giardinetto, a cottage he had built for his lover, Mademoiselle Montespan, and Marie in her pavilion, Mon Desert. Marie spent the last years of her life quietly, frequently returning to the French court. Antonio and Marie came in to conflict over the marriage of their daughter and heir Louise in 1712. Antonio preferred Louise to marry the count de Roye, while Marie preferred the count de de Chatillon and, supported by her family, refused to consent to Antonio's candidate. This resulted in a conflict which lasted for two years and caused the anger of Louis XIV. Marie successfully told her daughter to refuse her father's choice, which resulted in Antonio having Louise imprisoned in a convent. Marie left Monaco and travelled to Paris, where Antonio soon discovered that his plans for hier daughter was disliked at the French court, and he was forced to release his daughter from prison and give up his plans to marry her to Roye. Marie managed to get Antonio to agree to marry Louise to count de Matignon by suggesting Matignon