Wikipedia (which must always be taken with at least a cup of salt) gave front page coverage to an article on Louis Andre de Grimaldi , mem...

Another year, another Bastille Day in the (fifth) French Republic. I hope no one gets the wrong impression from my somber attitude on 14 ...

Since starting this weblog, and preferring to talk about the history of the Grimaldis and Monaco more than current goings-on (though that i...

It was on this day in 1793 that His Most Christian Majesty, King Louis XVI of France and Navarre was executed guillotine after being declar...

It was on this day in 1793 that the communes of Monaco, Menton and Roquebrune declared themselves a republic having previously declared the...

It was on this day in 1793 that HSH Prince Honore III was deposed as Sovereign Prince as the French Revolution overflowed into Monaco. The ...

Louis Joseph, Prince de Condé, had more than a few connections with the Grimaldi Princely Family during the tumultuous period of the French...

Today the republicans of France celebrate the storming of the Bastille, usually used as a way to mark the start of the French Revolution. T...

On this day in 1795 HSH Prince Honore III (left) passed away at the age of 74 in Paris and was succeeded by his son HSH Prince Honore IV. I...

It was today in 1793 that His Most Christian Majesty King Louis XVI of France was beheaded by revolutionaries in Paris. This tragic event h...