Grimaldo Canella 1852071 221267285 2008-06-23T19:53:36Z Srnec 494861 confusing sentence removed {{Infobox Officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = Otto Canella | honorific-suffix = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | 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 | nominator =<!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | appointer =<!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | predecessor =<!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | successor =<!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | birth_date = c1070 | birth_place = | death_date = before 1143 | death_place = | nationality = | party = | otherparty = <!--For additional political affiliations --> | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married --> | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | net worth = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''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]]. ==Notes and references== {{Reflist}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME=Canella, Grimaldo |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=Founder of House of Grimaldi |DATE OF BIRTH= |PLACE OF BIRTH= |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Canella, Grimaldo}} [[Category:House of Grimaldi]] [[Category:Genoa]] [[Category:Year of birth missing]] [[Category:Year of death missing]] {{monaco-stub}} [[es:Grimaldo]] [[fr:Grimaldo]] [[it:Grimaldo Canella]]