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Last name
Grandolfi

Nobility: Nobili
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Language of the text: Italiano

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Il Franchi pone alla famiglia Grandolfi un Vinciprova di Ghisiliero, operaio di S. Jacopo nel 1219 e nel 1222. A Grandolfi de' Ghisilieri, nato a Pistoia nel 1080 e abitante in Pisa, fu dai Pisani affidato il comando di numerosa armata navale nel 1114, con la quale egli conquistò le Baleari scacciandone i Saraceni. Il nome Grandolfi sembra fosse un soprannome dato per l'alta statura, e che fosse dopo adottato dai discendenti come nome proprio, in ricordo della gloria dell'antenato: si rileva infatti da un instrumento del Novembre 1222 che un Grandolfi Ghisilieri ricevette da Passalacqua e Guittoncino, suoi fratelli, lire cento pisane per sua parte della casa paterna in Pistoia. In seguito tal nome si stabilì in cognome, com'era uso facile e frequente in quell'epoca. Della antica famiglia Ghisilieri di Bologna ( di cui faceva parte il Pontefice S. Pio V) si hanno notizie solo dal secolo XII: essa

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