Prince's Palace of Monaco Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz. Despite her attempts to rule, her husband's people were once again in revolt. In an attempt to ease the volatile situation Florestan ceded power to his son Charles, but this came too late to appease the Monégasques. Menton and Roquebrune broke away from Monaco, leaving the Grimaldi's already small country hugely diminished—little more than Monte Carlo. Florestan died in 1856 and his son, Charles, who had already been ruling what remained of Monaco, succeeded him as Charles III ("Illustration 15"). Menton and Roquebrune officially became part of France in 1861, reducing Monaco's size at a
Names of the Qing dynasty century Jurchen Jin dynasty and of his Aisin Gioro clan ("Aisin" being Manchu for the Chinese ("jīn", "gold")). The dynasty became known as the "Later Jin dynasty" by historians. His son Hong Taiji renamed the dynasty "Great Qing" in 1636, which entered China proper in 1644. The name "Great Qing" first appeared in 1636. There are competing explanations on the meaning of "Qīng" (lit. "clear" or "pure"). The name may have been selected in reaction to the name of the Ming dynasty (), which is composed of elements "sun" () and "moon" (), both associated with the fire element of