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Catalan feudal family whose branch moved to Sardinia in 1323 with an Alberto who participated in the expedition of the Infante Alfonso. His brother Raimondo took part in the war against the Dorias in 1332 and had the lords of Armungia, Ballao and Sisini as a reward in fiefdom. The family participated in all parliaments starting from 1355. In the following years Raimondo extended his possessions and so did his descendants, until in 1493 a Gherardo ended up buying the whole Guerrei district. In the fifteenth century the Zatrillas also managed to get hold of another great fiefdom, in fact in 1421 they bought the Montiferro from the Montanans; in 1450 Raimondo, brother of Gherardo, bought from the Marini Sietefuentes; in 1455 by the same Flussio and in 1457 by Ferret the jump of Campo Bous. Gherardo's sons formed two different branches of the family: a) Angelo inherited Montiferro and neighboring fiefdoms from his uncle Raimondo and took up residence in Alghero, where his descendants assumed great prestige. He extended his possessions by purchasing the lordship of Pitinuri from the Talavera and in 1505 the jump of the Congested Wall; finally had in 1518 the recognition of the nobility. In 1538 his son Raimondo sold the jump of Campo Bous to the Simò family; in 1594 Angelo, son of Raimondo, had the title of count of Cuglieri, on the fief of Montiferro and his son Giovanni Battista had the title of marquis of Sietefuentes. The legitimate descent of Giovanni Battista died out with his daughter Francesca who married the marquis of Laconi; after her assassination she was involved in the Camarassa affair, married Silvestro Aumerich and, forced to flee into exile, had all the fiefdoms confiscated. Giovanni Battista however left natural children in Santulussurgiu; the offspring of one of these,