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|surname=House of Grimaldi
|estates=[[Prince's Palace of Monaco]]|coat of arms=Great coat of arms of the house of Grimaldi.svg
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|country=[[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]], [[Monaco]], France
|origin=[[Genoa]], Italy
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|titles=* [[List of rulers of Monaco|Prince of Monaco]]
* [[Doge of Genoa]] (nonhereditary)
* [[Duke of Valentinois]]
* [[Duke of Grimaldi]]
* [[Lords of Baux|Marquess of Les Baux]]
* [[List of rulers of Monaco|Lord of Monaco]]|styles=[[Most Serene Highness]]|founder=[[Grimaldo Canella]]|current head=[[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]] |founding year={{Start date and age|1160}}|cadet branches=Grimaldi de Puget}}

The '''House of Grimaldi''' is the [[Dynasty|reigning house]] of the [[Monaco|Principality of Monaco]]. The house was founded in 1160 by [[Grimaldo Canella]] in [[Genoa]] and became the ruling house of Monaco when [[François Grimaldi|Francesco Grimaldi]] captured Monaco in 1297. 

Every [[Monarchy of Monaco|Prince of Monaco]] has been a member of the House of Grimaldi. Since the 18th century, the princes have been [[agnatic]] descendants of other families that have inherited through the female line and adopted the Grimaldi name. In 1715, [[Jacques I, Prince of Monaco|Jacques Goyon de Matignon]] married [[Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco]], the last Grimaldi agnatic heir. He and his male line descendants, adopting the Grimaldi name, ruled as princes of Monaco from 1731 to 1949. During much of the [[Ancien Regime|Ancien Régime]], the family resided in the French court, where from 1642 to 1715, they used the title of [[Duke of Valentinois]].

The current head of the house is [[Albert II of Monaco]], Sovereign Prince of Monaco, who is the son and successor of Prince Rainier III and the Princess consort [[Grace Kelly|Grace of Monaco]], formerly known as Grace Kelly.

[[File:Fuerstenhof zu Monaco.jpg|thumb|[[Prince's Palace of Monaco]]]]

==Beginnings in Genoa==
The noble Grimaldi family, originally from France, moved to Genoa in 1070 with Inigo Grimaldo. In the capital, several families united under the name of Grimaldi and became one of the most powerful families in Genoa, later leading the [[Guelphs and Ghibellines|Guelph]] political faction, which supported the [[Pope]]'s interests and opposed the Ghibellines, who supported the [[Holy Roman Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Grimaldi di Monaco |url=https://www.sitigrimaldimonaco.it/grimaldi-di-monaco/ |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=Siti storici Grimaldi di Monaco |language=it-IT}}</ref>

The Grimaldis descend from [[Grimaldo Canella|Grimaldo]], a [[Genoa|Genoese]] consul who lived during the time of the early [[Crusades]]. He may have been a son of [[Otto Canella]], an earlier [[consul]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]]. His numerous descendants led [[sea|maritime]] expeditions throughout the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [[Black Sea]], and the [[North Sea]]. They quickly became one of the most powerful families of Genoa.

The Grimaldis feared that the head of a rival Genoese family could break the fragile balance of power in a ''[[coup]]'' and become lord of Genoa, as had happened in other Italian cities. They entered into a [[Guelphs and Ghibellines|Guelphic]] alliance with the [[Fieschi]] family. In 1271, the Guelphs were banned from Genoa, and the Grimaldi took refuge in their castles in [[Liguria]] and [[Provence]]. They signed a treaty with [[Charles of Anjou]], [[King of Sicily]] and [[Counts of Provence|Count of Provence]] to retake control of Genoa. In 1276, they accepted a peace under the [[auspices]] of the Pope, but the civil war continued. Not all the Grimaldis chose to return to Genoa and instead settled in their [[fief]]doms, where they could raise armies.

In 1299, the Grimaldis and their allies launched a few [[galley]]s to attack the port of Genoa before taking refuge on the Western [[Italian Riviera|Riviera]]. During the following years, the Grimaldis entered into different alliances that would allow them to return to power in Genoa. This time, it was the turn of their rivals, the [[Spinola family]], to be exiled from the city. During this period, both the [[Guelphs and Ghibellines]] took and abandoned the castle of Monaco, which was ideally located to launch political and military operations against Genoa. Therefore, the tale of [[François Grimaldi|Francis Grimaldi]] and his faction – who took the castle of Monaco disguised as [[friar]]s in 1297 – is largely [[anecdote|anecdotal]].

In the early 14th century, the [[Crown of Aragon|Aragonese]] raided the shores of Provence and Liguria, challenging Genoa and [[Robert of Naples|King Robert]] of Provence. In 1353, the combined fleet of eighty [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] and Aragonese galleys gathered in [[Sardinia]] to meet the fleet of sixty galleys under the command of Anthony Grimaldi. Only nineteen Genoese vessels survived the battle. Fearing an invasion, Genoa requested the protection of the [[Visconti of Milan|Lord of Milan]].

Several of the oldest feudal branches of the House of Grimaldi appeared during these conflicts, such as the branches of [[Antibes]], [[Beuil]], [[Nice]], [[Puget, Vaucluse|Puget]], and [[Sicily]]. In 1395, the Grimaldis took advantage of the discords in Genoa to take possession of Monaco, which they then ruled as a [[condominium (international law)|condominium]]. This is the origin of today's principality.

As was customary in Genoa, the Grimaldis organised their family ties within a corporation called {{lang|it|[[albergo]]}}. In the political reform of 1528, the Grimaldi became one of the 28 {{lang|it|alberghi}} of the Republic of Genoa, which included the [[Doria (family)|Doria]] and [[Pallavicini family|Pallavicini]] families, and to which other families were formally invited to join. The House of Grimaldi provided several [[doge of Genoa|doges]], [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinals]], cabinet ministers, and [[condottieri|military officers]] of historical note.

==Territories in Italy==

From 1532 to 1641, the town of '''[[Campagna]]''' in southern Italy was ruled by the '''Grimaldi''' family, princes of Monaco, after Emperor '''Charles V''' granted them the '''Marquisate of Campagna''' as their Italian capital; during this “Golden Century,” the city flourished with noble palaces, monasteries, fountains, bridges, an active diocese, a humanistic and scientific university, one of Italy’s earliest printing presses, and hydromechanical industries, while the dominion also included Canosa di Puglia, Terlizzi, Monteverde, Ripacandida, Ginestra, and Garagnone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Campagna alla scoperta dei “segreti” dei Grimaldi principi di Monaco – Visite guidate nel centro storico |url=https://quotidianocostiera.it/a-campagna-alla-scoperta-dei-segreti-dei-grimaldi-principi-di-monaco-visite-guidate-nel-centro-storico/ |website=Il Quotidiano della Costiera |date=8 July 2023 |language=it |access-date=12 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Storia |url=https://www.comune.campagna.sa.it/storia/ |website=Comune di Campagna |language=it |access-date=12 October 2025}}</ref> Although Grimaldi rule ended in 1641, its legacy remains visible in Campagna’s architecture and urban fabric; ties with Monaco were renewed in 1991 by Prince Rainier III and later strengthened by visits of Prince Albert II in 1997 and 2018 within the ''Historic Sites of the Grimaldis of Monaco'' program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Sites of the Grimaldis of Monaco |url=https://www.monacohistoricsites.com/ |website=Monaco Historic Sites |access-date=12 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ulino |first=Maurizio |title=Il Marchesato dei Grimaldi di Monaco in Campagna (1532–1641) |publisher=Associazione Culturale Marchesato dei Grimaldi |year=2018 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Di Rienzo |first=Eugenio |title=Il Regno di Napoli sotto Carlo V |publisher=Salerno Editrice |location=Roma |year=2001 |language=it}}</ref>

==French influences==

[[Provence]] became a part of the Kingdom of France from 1486, and occasionally the Grimaldi relied upon French support to preserve their independence from the Republic of Genoa and the [[Duchy of Savoy]]. In the process they married into the [[French nobility]] in the 1600s, inherited French estates, and often lived in Paris, latterly at the [[Hôtel Matignon]], until the [[French Revolution]] of 1789. Monaco and the neighbouring [[County of Nice]] were taken by the revolutionary army in 1792, and were French-controlled until 1815. Nice passed back to the [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]] in 1815; then it was ceded to France by the [[Treaty of Turin (1860)]]. Monaco was re-established by the [[Congress of Vienna]] in 1815, with a brief [[Italian occupation of France|Italian occupation]] in 1940–43.

==Modern succession==
By convention, membership of sovereign European houses is through the [[Primogeniture|male line]]. By that definition, from 1731, the French noble [[:fr:Maison de Goyon|House of Goyon-Matignon]] ruled as Princes of Monaco until 1949.  However, one of the terms of [[Jacques I, Prince of Monaco|James de Goyon de Matignon]] becoming Prince of Monaco ''[[jure uxoris]]'' was that he adopt the name and arms of Grimaldi so that the house would be preserved on the throne, and the right of succession was through his wife [[Louise-Hippolyte Grimaldi]], who abdicated in her husband's favor.{{cn|date=October 2023}} Similarly, when [[Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois|Charlotte Louvet]] was [[Legitimacy (family law)|legitimised]] in 1911 and made successor to Monaco, her husband, [[Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois|Count Pierre de Polignac]], adopted, as a condition of the marriage, the name and arms of Grimaldi, but from this moment all his direct descendants Grimaldi would also have the title of [[Polignac family|Counts of Polignac]]. In this way the "Grimaldi" name and arms were continued.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

Under the succession rules prior to 1911, Monaco's throne would have passed to Prince Wilhelm of Urach. However, French president at the time [[Raymond Poincaré]] had threatened that if the throne was inherited by a German, France would annex the principality.<ref>{{cite news |title=France ordered to answer count's claim to the Monaco throne |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=6 August 2021 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/france-ordered-answer-count-claim-monaco-throne-zcx7x2tbl |access-date=18 March 2024 |first=Adam |last=Sage}}</ref>

In 2018 a Grimaldi cousin, Count Louis de Causans, who hailed from a cadet branch of the family, sued France for €351m compensation, claiming that it had deceived his family during the succession crisis of 1911, and that his great-grandfather, Count Aynard de Chabrillan, should have inherited Monaco's throne.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aristocrat sues France for €351m in row over Monaco throne |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 August 2018 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/louis-de-causans-sues-french-state-claiming-family-denied-monaco-throne |access-date=18 March 2024 |first=Kim |last=Willsher}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Louis |last=de Causans |title=Monaco, les 'vrais' Grimaldi |publisher=J.M. Laffont |location=Paris |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AS9AAAACAAJ |isbn=9782849280591}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Monaco noble claims millions from France over royal 'trick' |work=[[BBC News]] |date=13 August 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45173493 |access-date=18 March 2024 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

Until 2002, a treaty between Monaco and France stated that if the reigning Prince ever failed to leave dynastic offspring, then [[sovereignty]] over the Grimaldi realm would revert to France. The 2002 agreement modified this to expand the pool of potential heirs to dynastic [[consanguinity|collaterals]] of the reigning Prince (excluding adoptive heirs, hitherto allowed, e.g. Princess Charlotte and her descendants), guaranteeing Monegasque independence. Article I of Monaco's [[house law]] requires that the reigning Prince or Princess bear the surname of Grimaldi.

The [[Heraldry|coat of arms]] of the House of Grimaldi is simply described as ''fusily argent and gules'', i.e., a red and white diamond pattern, with no further modifiers.

==Main living members==
* [[Albert II of Monaco]], Sovereign Prince of Monaco, son and successor of [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Rainier III]] and [[Grace Kelly]].
* [[Charlene Wittstock|Charlène de Monaco]], Princess Consort of Monaco.
** [[Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco]], Marquis of Baux, Count of Polignac, son of Albert II and Charlène.
** [[Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès]], Mademoiselle of Polignac, daughter of Albert II and Charlène.
* [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover]], Mademoiselle of Polignac, older sister of Albert II and Stéphanie.
** [[Andrea Casiraghi]], [[Charlotte Casiraghi]], and [[Pierre Casiraghi]], children of Caroline and her late husband, [[Stefano Casiraghi]].
** [[Princess Alexandra of Hanover (born 1999)|Princess Alexandra of Hanover]], daughter of Caroline and her present husband, [[Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954)|Ernst August, Prince of Hanover]].
* [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco]], Mademoiselle of Polignac, younger sister of Albert II and Caroline.
** [[Louis Ducruet|Louis Robert Paul Ducruet]], [[Pauline Ducruet|Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet]], and [[Camille Gottlieb|Camille Marie Kelly Gottlieb]], children of Stéphanie.
* [[Christian Louis de Massy]], cousin of Albert II. Married four times and with offspring.

==Family tree==
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== Select list of Grimaldis ==
[[File:Raniero I de Mónaco.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes|Rainier I. Grimaldi]] (1267-1314)]]
[[Image:Anthonis van Dyck 016.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Elena Grimaldi, as painted by [[Anthony van Dyck]], c. 1623]]
[[File:Albert II Prince of Monaco Senate of Poland 02.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]]]] 
* [[Grimaldo Canella]], consul of the [[Republic of Genoa]], founder of this House
* [[Hubert Grimaldi]], first to bear the Grimaldi patronymic name
* [[Luca Grimaldi]], troubadour and podestà of Milan and Ventimiglia
* [[Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes|Rainier I]], lord of Cagnes, admiral of France
* [[Charles I, Lord of Monaco|Charles I]], lord of Monaco, Cagnes, and Menton
* [[Anthony Grimaldi|Anthony]], lord of Monaco, admiral of Genoa
* [[Luc and Marc Grimaldi of Antibes]], lords of Menton, Cagnes, and Antibes
* [[Lamberto Grimaldi]] and [[Claudia Grimaldi of Monaco|Claudia of Monaco]]
* [[Augustin Grimaldi of Monaco|Augustin]], archbishop
* [[Nicolas Grimaldi, Prince of Salerno|Nicolas]], prince of Salerno
* [[Louis I Grimaldi of Monaco|Louis I]], prince of Monaco, ambassador of Louis IV
* [[Girolamo Grimaldi (d. 1543)|Girolamo]] (died 1543). Created a Cardinal in 1527. He married Francisca Cattaneo of Genoese and had five children. After her death he entered holy orders. He was a Senator of Genoa.
* [[Domenico Grimaldi|Domenico]], [[Archbishop of Avignon]] and uncle of Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni (see below)
* [[Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni|Girolamo]] (1597–1683). Cardinal and Archbishop of Aix
* [[Elena Grimaldi]], painted by [[Anthony van Dyck]]
* [[Girolamo Grimaldi (d. 1733)|Girolamo]] (1674–1733). Created a Cardinal 1731
* [[Alexander Grimaldi, Doge of Genoa|Alexander]], doge of Genoa
* [[John Baptist Grimaldi, Doge of Genoa|John Baptist]], doge of Genoa
* [[Peter Francis Grimaldi, Doge of Genoa|Peter Francis]], doge of Genoa
* [[Honoré II, Prince of Monaco]] (1597–1662)
* [[Jacques François Leonor Grimaldi]]. Prince of Monaco and father of [[Honoré III, Prince of Monaco]]
* [[Nicola Grimaldi|Nicola]] (1645–1717). Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of 17 May 1706
* [[Jerónimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi]] (1710-1789)
* [[Louise-Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco]] - mother of [[Honoré III, Prince of Monaco]]
* [[Honoré III, Prince of Monaco]] (1720–1795)
* [[Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco]] (1758–1819)
* [[Honoré V, Prince of Monaco]] (1778–1841)
* [[Florestan I, Prince of Monaco]] (1785–1856)
* [[Charles III, Prince of Monaco]] (1818–1889)
* [[Albert I, Prince of Monaco]] (1848–1922)
* [[Louis II, Prince of Monaco]] (1870–1949)
* [[Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois]] (1898–1977)
* [[Pierre de Polignac|Prince Pierre, Count of Polignac]] (1895–1964)
* [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco]] (1923–2005)
* [[Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy]] (1920–2011)
* [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover|Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi]] (born 1957)
* [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]] (born 1958)
* [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco|Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth Grimaldi]] (born 1965)
* [[Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco]] (born 2014)
* [[Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès]] (born 2014)

==See also==
* [[Line of succession to the Monegasque throne]]
* [[Prince's Palace of Monaco]]
* [[Monegasque Princely Family]]
* [[:fr:Maison de Goyon|House of Goyon de Matignon (fr)]]
* [[:fr:Maison de Chalençon|House of Polignac (fr)]]
* [[Tour Grimaldi]]

==References and further reading==
{{Reflist}}
* Edwards, Anne. ''The Grimaldis of Monaco''. William Morrow, 1992.
* Maclaga, Michael and Louda, Jiri. ''LINES OF SUCCESSION''; Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe. MacDonald & Co., 1981; Little, Brown & Co., 1999; Time Warner Books, UK, 2002 {{ISBN|0-7607-3287-6}}
* Maurizio Ulino, ''L'Età Barocca dei Grimaldi di Monaco nel loro Marchesato di Campagna'', Giannini editore, Napoli 2008. {{ISBN|978-88-7431-413-3}}

==External links==
* [http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1427886 Grimaldi family tree]
* [http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art386.htm Grimaldi Family of Sicily]
* {{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/grim/grimaldi3.html |title= Detailed Grimaldi Genealogy |publisher= Genealogy.EU}}

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