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Last name
Leone

Nobility: Conti - Nobili
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Italia (Emilia, Piemonte, Lombardia)
Language of the text: English

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The Leone family had lived in Tortona since the 11th century, since in 1098 Alzolino Leone was created a cardinal by Pope Urban II and was still alive in 1116, as evidenced by documents of the time signed by him. One of the six main towers which, with high crenellated walls, surrounded and defended the city, was called the Leone, in homage to the very rich and influential family; Furthermore, in the district where he resided, the three-arched Leone door, which still existed at the end of the thirteenth century, opened towards midday. At the siege of Federico Barbarossa in 1155 Roderico and Giovanni sustained, on April 14th between Porta Genovese and Porta Leone, a very long and bitter fight, which lasted until late at night, during which one of the two Leone perished. After the surrender, the Leone would have moved to the Genoese (id., 287) but they did

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