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This very clear family between the ancient, and illustrious families of Italy is very ancient, and most illustrious, and among the nobles, it is very noble, having been esteemed among scholars, and scienti subjects not inferior to the other nobles of our Italy, taking its origin from the famous, and famous Fieschi family of Liguria, de 'Conti di Lavagno, as many ancient and modern Ligurian historians and other European regions clearly tell. And so it has been ascertained the origin of the R. family deriving from the very clear Fiesca de 'Conti di Lavagna family being the same thing. Opizzo, Rafaello, Battista, and Giacomo Fieschi, after taking King Alfonso, with other Genoese Captains made the City of Naples, and other Cities, and Castles to Queen Giovanna. But the aforementioned Raffaello Fiesco who worked with Duke Filippo Maria Visconte Duke of Milan, and Signor of Genoa, for the liberation of King Alfonso, not far from the following effect in contemplation of the said service, had the Land of Rametta from that King. The fiefdom of Bertolini, and other fiefdoms in Sicily, who then under license from the same king gave him by donation in the deeds of Notar Antonio Crisalli del Castro 8. of July 1442. à Gio: Battista Ravaschiero his nephew son of Giacomo Fiesco Ravaschiero his carnal cogino, whose son Gio: Giacomo Ravaschiero contending with the City of Messina to reduce the territory of Passalacqua to the Royal State Rametta, hebbe instead of that from the Re Giovanne, and the confirmation of the fief of Bertolina in 1460 in which Gio succeeded him: Nicolò R. his son, who fell in Agrigento with Lucilla Monteaperto de 'Marchesi di Rausadali, and by direct line from the prenarrate Gio: Nicolò, he received Gio: Battista Ravaschiero last Baron of Ber tolino, and Passalacqua,