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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobles - Counts
Nobles in:Italia
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Ancient and noble family from Tortona, of clear and ancestral virtue, which received the title of Count on August 24th, 1820, in the person of Giovanni, official in Sardinia, and, after 1800, at the Austrian service, major in the regiment Cuirassiers "Archduke Franz" and aide-de-Camp of the Duke of Modena, Knight SS. Maurice and Lazarus. The clear nobility of the house is confirmed by the presence of its blazon in the valuable work of Antonio Manno "Il Blasonario Subalpino". The first certain historical news about this family date back to the twelfth century. In fact, historians say that the STERPIN Or STERPINI family was among the most respected and influential families of Tortona, which participated, in 1122, to the establishment of "Comune Signorile di Tortona", an act that solidified the order of the magistrates and their jurisdictional powers, hence the attribute honorific of "De Civitate Tortonae" to the members of ...
When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
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