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Line 39: [[Mindaugas II of Lithuania\|Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach]], thus placed further back in the line of succession to the throne of Monaco, was chosen as King of Lithuania for a few months in 1918, being known as Mindaugas II. It is thus a moot point whether it would have been possible for him to be the sovereign of two European countries simultaneously, had he in fact succeeded to the throne of Monaco, but he had several sons. In any case he renounced his claim to the principality in 1924, passing it to other French cousins that were also descended from the Grimaldi family, the counts of Chabrillan. On 17 July 1918, largely because of the von Urach potential claim, France and Monaco had also signed a brief but far-reaching treaty requiring prior French approval of all future Monégasque princes. Article 2. specified: "''Measures concerning the international relations of the Principality shall always be the subject of prior consultations between the Government of the Principality and the French Government. The same shall apply to measures concerning directly or indirectly the exercise of a regency or succession to the throne, which shall, whether by marriage or adoption or otherwise, pass only to a person who is of French or Monégasque nationality and is approved by the French Government.''" Under article 3 Prince Albert agreed "''...for himself and his successors the commitment assumed towards the French Government not to alienate the Principality, in whole or in part, in favour of any Power other than France.''"<ref>[http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/27/26/00053293.pdf 1918 Franco-Monegasque Treaty text]{{dead link\|date=November 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==Reign== Line 71: * {{Flag\|Baden}}: Grand Cross of the [[Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order\|Military Merit Order of Karl-Friedrich]] * {{flag\|Denmark}}: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Elephant]] * {{flag\|France}}: Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honour]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.villacharlotte.fr/a-propos \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2014-10-22 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022195857/http://www.villacharlotte.fr/a-propos \|archivedate=2014-10-22 \|df= }}</ref> * {{flag\|France}}: Medal of the [[Order of the Francisque]] * {{flag\|France}}: Badge of the [[Brigadier General]]