Duke of Valentinois
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Duke of Valentinois is a title of nobility, originally in the French peerage. It is currently one of the many hereditary titles claimed by the Prince of Monaco despite its extinction in French law in
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Diane De Poitiers 01
Honorius II Monaco 1
Portrait Louis I, Prince of Monaco by an unknown artist
House of Grimaldi
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The House of Grimaldi is the reigning house of the Principality of Monaco. The house was founded in 1160 by Grimaldo Canella in Genoa and became the ruling house of Monaco when Francesco Grimaldi capt
Duke of Valentinois
…Louise-Hippolyte married Jacques-François de Goyon-Matignon, who had signed a contract on 5 September 1715 by which he was obliged to take the surname Grimaldi. King Louis XV thereupon recreated the title of Valentinois by letters patent, signed in December 1715 and registered on 2 September 1716, for Jacques…
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Rainier I. Grimaldi (1267-1314)
Elena Grimaldi, as painted by Anthony van Dyck, c. 1623
Albert II, Prince of Monaco