Oberto Grimaldi was one of the four sons of

Grimaldo Canella Grimaldo Canella (d. ''c.'' 1184) was the youngest son of Otto Canella and Consul of Genoa in 1162, 1170, and 1184. Grimaldo is considered the progenitor and eponym of the House of Grimaldi. Origins Canella was probably born in Genoa around 1 ...

and, therefore, one of the grandsons of

Otto Canella Otto Canella (born in the middle of the 11th century, died in 1143) was Consul of the Republic of Genoa in 1133, and an ancestor of the House of Grimaldi, the family that currently rules Monaco. According to the 19th-century historian Gustave S ...

. The historian

Gustave Saige Gustave Saige (1838-1905) was a French archivist. He was the archivist of the Prince's Palace of Monaco from 1881 to 1905. Early life Gustave Saige was born on 20 August 1838 in Paris, France. He graduated from the École Nationale des Chartes in ...

wrote that Oberto Grimaldi was "one of the greatest personages" of the

Republic of Genoa The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the La ...

. He and his brother-in-law, Oberto Spinola, founded Genoa's Church of St. Luke. Oberto was the first of the family known to use the patronymic Grimaldi (as in "Oberto son of Grimaldo").

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Oberto 12th-century Genoese people 12th-century Italian nobility Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Italy-noble-stub