Dying at the age of 27, Baux was replaced as heir apparent by his son Louis who succeeded Honoré II.

Baux was a skilled military-man and led the attack on the Serravalle Tower, taking the sentries prisoner.

[2] Baux and his wife and their children went to visit the convent of Carnoles in Mentone.

[3] It is said that despite his wound, he insisted over and over again, as he lay on his deathbed, that the guard who shot him should not be punished as it had been an accident.

Through his son Louis he is a direct ancestor of the reigning Albert II of Monaco and through his youngest daughter he is an ancestor of the pretending Carlos, Duke of Parma, Crown Princess Margareta of Romania, Archduke Karl of Austria, Franz, Duke of Bavaria, former king Simeon II of Bulgaria and reigning Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.