Grimaldo Canella
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| name = Otto Canella
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| office = Consul of Genoa
| term_start = 1162
| term_end = 1162
| office1 = Consul of Genoa
| term_start1 = 1170
| term_end1 = 1170
| office2 = Consul of Genoa
| term_start2 = 1184
| term_end2 = 1184
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| birth_date = c1070
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'''Grimaldo Canella''' was a son of [[Otto Canella]] and [[Consul]] of [[Genoa]] in [[1162]], [[1170]], and [[1184]].<ref name="Grim">{{cite web|url=http://www.grimaldi.org/|title=The House of Grimaldi|accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> He is an ancestor and the namesake of the [[House of Grimaldi]], the ruling family of [[Monaco]].<ref name="Grim"/>
A century later, in 1270, the Guelph families of Grimaldi and Fieschi were forced into exile from Genoa.<ref name="Grim"/> The Grimaldis ended up in the Guelph towns around [[Nice]].<ref name="Grim"/> They made their first attempt to seize the Ghibelline fortress of Monaco in 1297, although they did not control it permanently until 1419.<ref name="Grim"/> Thus the family became [[Princes of Monaco]].
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