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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Principi
Nobles in:Italia
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Heraldic Traces :
Merlotti
Italiano
Questa famiglia, detta prima Merlotto, è di origine alemanna; venuta in Napoli fu nominata d'Alemagna. A' goduto nobiltà nelle città di Napoli, Amalfi, Firenze, Squillace, Sanseverino, Piacenza, Milano, Palermo e in Catalogna. Fu ricca di molti feudi, in diversi contadi, specialmente di Gravina, di Andria, di Conversano. Un Guido nel 1280 fu ammiraglio di Sicilia e giustiziere di Capitanata: un Alberto nel 1325 segretario dell'Imperatore Ludovico il Bavaro: un Giacomo nel 1425 ammiraglio della Flotta gerosolimitana. Un Giov. Francesco, ultimo conte di Pulcino, passato ai servigi di Francia, fu creato principe di Stigliano. Venuto poi nel reame con Luigi d'Angiò fu nominato Consigliere di Stato e Vicerè. In questa carica era stato preceduto nel 1228 da un Rinaldo, e nel 1272 da un Pietro. Da ultimo un Giorgio e un Leopoldo furono pure vicerè in Napoli. (Ulteriori fonti in: Memorie delle famiglie nobili delle provincie meridionali d'Italia Vol. I-II). ...
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The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
