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Last name
Maraia

Nobility: Notables - Knights
Nobles in:
Italia (Kingdom Of Naples)
Language of the text: English

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Maraia

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Ancient and notable Italian family, originally from Campania region, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has worldwide spread, over the centuries, with major settlements in North America. The origin of this surname is to be found in a patronymic form. A "Maraia" (Merai'ah), "principes familiarum" and priest, is even mentioned in the Old Testament, in the second book of Ezra. According to what has been handed down, the family had several landholdings in the Avellino area since at least the fifteenth century and its exponents belonged to the wealthiest social classes. They certainly were notable. Many of them have in fact distinguished themselves in military careers; others have excelled as entrepreneurs, jurists and even churchmen. From our archives: Giovanni, war captain, stationed at the castle of Avellino; Antonio, captain of fortune, in the service of the Republic of Venice towards the middle of the 15th century, and founder of the

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Maraia

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Maraia


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Maraia

Gules, a castle triple towered argent.

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