Grimaldo Canella
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Grimaldo Canella was a son of Otto Canella and Consul of Genoa in 1162, 1170, and 1184. He is an ancestor and the namesake of the House of Grimaldi, the ruling family of Monaco. Since Grimaldo was an Italian, the House of Grimaldi is an Italian Royal House. They, being Genoese weathly statesmen, came to own land that is the current day Monaco, though Genoa is not too close to Monaco. Thus they became Princes of Monaco
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