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- ↑ "Occupation of the Rocher by François Grimaldi". Gouvernement de Monaco. Principauté de Monaco. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Edwards, Anne (1992). The Grimaldis of Monaco (Paperback ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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