wrote Saige in French. Saige attributed the cause for this to the relief widely felt at having a prince who was not invisible to the public; unlike Honoré V, Florestan went out in public. He even established a school in Menton, albeit an expensive one from which the princely couple attempted to meet local demands for democratic reforms and offered two constitutions to the local population, but these were rejected, particularly by the people of Menton, who were offered something better by King Charles Albert of Sardinia. When the Prince and Princess of Monaco saw that their efforts were doomed to failure, they handed over power to their son Charles (later Prince Charles III). This was, however, too little, too late. Encouraged by the French Revolution of 1848, the towns of Menton and Roquebrune revolted and declared themselves independent. Worse, the King of Sardinia garrisoned Menton, Florestan was dethroned, arrested, and imprisoned. Florestan was restored to the throne in 1849, but Menton and Roquebrune were lost forever. Death and succession, 1856 Despite his good intentions, by the time of Florestan's death in Paris in 1856, Monaco was a country divided with few prospects for financial prosperity. His son Charles succeeded him. Ancestry References 1785 births 1856 deaths 19th-century Princes of Monaco House of Grimaldi Monegasque princes Princes of Monaco Hereditary Princes of Monaco Burials at the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate Monegasque people of Italian descent Monegasque male actors People of Ligurian descent Marquesses of Baux Dukes of Valentinois Monarchs taken prisoner in wartime French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars