一位法國的貴族向法國政府索賠3.51億歐元（約合將近4億美元），起訴其一百年多前更改了繼承規(guī)定，導(dǎo)致他的家族無緣承襲摩納哥王位。

“我希望公開真相，希望家族因法國政府遭受的不公獲得賠償?！?據(jù)英國廣播公司（BBC）報(bào)道，他向法國報(bào)媒《巴黎人報(bào)》這樣表示。

這位貴族路易·德科桑斯現(xiàn)居巴黎，自稱是1733年到1793年摩納哥統(tǒng)治者奧諾雷三世的直系后人。若不是1922年到1949年執(zhí)掌摩納哥的路易二世親王出了繼承人問題，本應(yīng)由他所在的分支家族統(tǒng)治現(xiàn)在的獨(dú)立君主國摩納哥。

據(jù)英國《衛(wèi)報(bào)》報(bào)道，路易二世親王并沒有正式繼承人，因此無人能合法繼承他的王位，這意味著下一任君王應(yīng)是他的侄子符騰堡州烏拉赫的王子紀(jì)堯姆二世——一位德科桑斯家族的德國先人。但由于當(dāng)時(shí)正處第一次世界大戰(zhàn)前夕，法國政府拒不接受讓德國人領(lǐng)導(dǎo)摩納哥。

德科桑斯稱，摩納哥王位本該傳給他的家族，但法國政府允許路易二世親王領(lǐng)養(yǎng)他與酒吧歌手瑪麗·茱麗葉特·露薇的私生女夏洛特·路易斯。繼承人的規(guī)定于1911年修改，承認(rèn)了私生女的繼承權(quán)，路易二世得以將王位傳給直系子女。

德科桑斯的表兄阿爾伯特二世親王目前是摩納哥的君主。

德科桑斯全名路易·讓·雷蒙德·瑪麗·德文森·德科桑斯，他認(rèn)為，法國政府?；ㄕ懈深A(yù)繼承犧牲了他的家族利益，因此失去了作為摩納哥王室應(yīng)有的收入。但他說主要與法國政府抗?fàn)?，并不針對表兄阿爾伯特二世親王。

他向《巴黎人報(bào)》表示：“這事關(guān)名譽(yù)。”（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：Pessy

審校：夏林

A French aristocrat is suing the French government for €351 million (almost $400 million), saying the French state tricked his family out of the throne of Monaco by changing the heredity rules more than a century ago.

“I want the truth to come out—I want reparation for the injustice done to my family by France,” the noble told Le Parisien, according to BCC.

Louis de Causans, who lives in Paris, says he is a direct descendant of Honoré III, who ruled Monaco from 1733 to 1793. His branch of the family would allegedly be ruling the independent city-state today, except for a wrinkle related to Prince Louis II, who ruled from 1922 to 1949.

According to The Guardian, Prince Louis II had no official heir, and thus was ineligible for the throne. This meant Monaco would pass to his cousin, Guillaume II de Wurtemberg-Urach, the German ancestor of de Causans. But with France on the brink of World War I, the state refused to allow a German leader.

De Causans claims the throne should have passed to his family, but instead, the French state allowed Louis II to adopt his illegitimate daughter Charlotte Louise, born to the cabaret singer Marie-Juliette Louvet. The rules were changed in 1911, recognizing this succession, and Louis II was allowed to reign.

Thus, de Causans’s cousin, Prince Albert II, currently holds the Monaco throne.

De Causans, whose full name is Louis Jean Raymond Marie de Vincens de Causans, argues this “sleight of hand” has cost his family, as he does not receive any revenue from the principality. But he says his fight is with the state of France, not his cousin, Prince Albert II.

“C’est une question d’honneur,” he told Le Parisien. “It’s a matter of honor.”