What unites Porfirio Díaz with the royalty of Monaco

Porfirio Díaz was a politician who ruled in Mexico for more than three decades, until the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution forced him into exile. His political actions are known because they drove great development in the country but also led to social inequality, however, little is known about his family life and his kinship with a royal family that continues his legacy to the present day.

Diaz had seven children, of whom only three survived: Amada, Porfirio and Luz Aurora. It was through the marriage of Amada, whose mother was an indigenous woman named Rafaela Quiñones, that the Diaz family became associated with the House of Grimaldi. The name of her husband, Ignacio de la Torre y Mier, has resounded in recent years by a scandal.

Ignacio was an important businessman, landowner and politician of the time who had a connection with the royalty of Monaco. It is worth mentioning that the marriage was shrouded in scandal when there was a rumor that Torre y Mier had participated in the “Dance of the 41″, a party where he was arrested along with dozens of gay men belonging to aristocrats who were nicknamed “The Aristocracy of Sodom”.

Amada's husband was released on the orders of Porfirio Díaz and his name was removed from the list. However, this is not the only detail of Ignacio's life that marked the family history of the then president of Mexico. There is also his relationship with Susana de la Torre y Mier, who was his sister and married Count Maxence de Polignac.

Maxence and Susanna had a son, who was named after Pedro de Polignac, who was chosen by Louis II of Monaco to marry his illegitimate daughter Charlotte. Thus Amanda Díaz Quiñones became sister-in-law of the Mexican woman who was related to the Grimaldi Dynasty through her son.

From the marriage between Peter and Charlotte, Raniero III was born, who was monarch until he died in 2005, when he was succeeded by the current prince, Albert II. Alberto's life, great-grandson of Mexican aristocrat Susana de la Torre y Mier, was in the public eye since his birth not only because he was part of royalty but because he was the son of Grace Kelly, a famous Hollywood actress.

The link between the parents of Albert, Grace and Raniero III of Monaco represented the union between traditional royalty and the new aristocracy, as the father of the bride was an Irish-American businessman and Olympic gold medalist. The event is known as the Wedding of the Century, due to the unique bond between a prince and an actress, who met on the French Riviera in 1955.

Albert II's wedding was also an event that caused a stir. The controversy arose because Charlene Wittstock, the woman he married, had a serious face, seemed nervous and was even seen crying. The couple continued to attract the attention of the press during the honeymoon, after it was discovered that they spent it in hotels more than 15 kilometers apart.

It is worth mentioning that Monaco is the second smallest state in the world. Its monarchy, made up of the Grimaldi family, is the oldest of European royalty.

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