| In 1297 the principality
was acquired by the house of Grimaldi, a Genoese family. In 1793, during
the French Revolution, the Grimaldi were dispossessed and their principality
was annexed by France. By the terms of the Treaty of Vienna, in 1815, the
principality was made a protectorate of the kingdom of Sardinia. In 1861
Monaco was restored as an independent state under the guardianship of France.
Monaco was granted a constitution by Prince Albert I in 1911. In 1993 Monaco
was admitted to the United Nations. |