BKB, i found this about the Grimaldi family (other branch than those of Monaco) that might help you.

about Genoa: http://www.grimaldi.org/

about Tuscany and north of Italy: http://www.hfac.uh.edu/gbrown/philos...y/Tuscany.html

http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/an.../provence1.htm