Grimaldo Canella

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Otto Canella
Consul of Genoa
In office 1162 – 1162
Consul of Genoa
In office 1170 – 1170
Consul of Genoa
In office 1184 – 1184
Born	c1070
Died	before 1143

Grimaldo Canella was a son of Otto Canella and Consul of Genoa in 1162, 1170, and 1184.^[1] He is an ancestor and the namesake of the House of Grimaldi, the ruling family of Monaco.^[1] Since Grimaldo was an Italian, the House of Grimaldi is an Italian Royal House.

A century later, in 1270, the Guelph families of Grimaldi and Fieschi were forced into exile from Genoa.^[1] The Grimaldis ended up in the Guelph towns around Nice.^[1] They made their first attempt to seize the Ghibelline fortress of Monaco in 1297, although they did not control it permanently until 1419.^[1] Thus the family became Princes of Monaco.

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Persondata
NAME	Canella, Grimaldo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Founder of House of Grimaldi
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