{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/699ed123123f9740822cddc9/69a1de89a9760df1fba018a9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"House of Grimaldi - Part 4: Revolution, exile, and the perilous path of survival","description":"The Grimaldis once ruled amid splendor, but no fortress is impervious to the storms of revolution. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the family’s power was battered by forces far beyond their walls—revolution, war, and their own weaknesses.\r\n\r\nThe French Revolution was a tidal wave. In seventeen ninety-three, Monaco was annexed by revolutionary France. The palace was seized, treasures dispersed or destroyed, and the rhythms of court life vanished overnight. Family members faced exile and prison, their former glory replaced by fear and deprivation. The Grimaldis became strangers in their own home, stripped of titles, cut off from their people.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thelineagearchive.com/dynasty/house-of-grimaldi","author_name":"The Archive Network"}