Gustave Saige

Gustave Saige (1838–1905) was a French archivist. He was the archivist of the Prince's Palace of Monaco from 1881 to 1905.

Early life Gustave Saige was born on 20 August 1838 in Paris, France. He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes in 1862, where his classmates included Paul Viollet and Gaston Paris.

Career Saige served as the archivist of the Prince's Palace of Monaco from 1881 to 1905. It was Saige who discovered that the House of Grimaldi descended from Otto Canella, not Grimaldi I, Lord of Antibes. Additionally, Saige intended to work on the history of Jews in Toulouse, but he died before he was able to write about it.

Saige was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Grand Officer of the Order of Saint-Charles.

Personal life Saige was married.

Death Saige died on 5 December 1905 in Monaco. He was sixty-seven years old. After his death, he was succeeded as the archivist of the Prince's Palace of Monaco by Léon-Honoré Labande.