An unfortunate member of this family, Ercole, died in 1651 after accidentally being shot by a guard who was showing him how a gun worked.
An unfortunate member of this family, Ercole, died in 1651 after accidentally being shot by a guard who was showing him how a gun worked. A female member of this family scandalously lived with her lover, a former thief known as the "Cane." A more recent member of it had affairs with a California woman and a Togo-born flight attendant which produced the illegitimate children Jazmin and Alexandre. The Hotel Matignon, the Prime Minister's residence in Paris, is named for a man who married into this family. Honore II of this family signed the treaty of (*) Peronne, regulating relations with Louis XIII. Apocryphally, this house's attempt to control its country began in 1297 when Francesco "the Cunning" posed as a monk and captured the "Rock."  Albert II, the current head of this European dynasty, is the son of actress Grace Kelly. For 10 points, what is the ruling house of Monaco?
An unfortunate member of this family, Ercole, died in 1651 after accidentally being shot by a guard who was showing him how a gun worked.
House of Grimaldi