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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri - Patrizi - Marchesi
Nobles in:Italia
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
Ancienne famille grecque, qui, comme Vittorio Spreti, dans son "Encyclopédie historique noble italienne", est arrivée en Calabre avec un Eustachio, chevalier de l'empereur d'Orient Basilio, avec la fonction d'exarque. Selon la tradition, le susmentionné Eustachio a construit la ville d'Alimena, qui a ensuite donné le nom à ses descendants; cependant, la ville fut détruite par un raid des Sarrasins, à l'époque du roi Guillaume II ; reconstruite par Altilio, gouverneur de Calabre, la ville s'appelait "Altilia", tandis que la rivière qui coule à proximité est restée avec le nom d'Alimena. En tout cas, cette famille, qui jouissait de la noblesse à Montalto, Sammartino, Cosenza et Amantea, fut reçue pour justice dans l'ordre de Malte, en 1589, et qui fut décorée des titres de marquis, avec ancienneté depuis 1624, et de marquis de S. Martino, à partir de 1750, au fil des siècles, a toujours réussi à se démarquer, grâce aux ...
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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.
BlazonAlimena
Coat of arms of family
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azzurro al leone d'oro; lampassato di rosso alla banda dello stesso caricata di sette teste d'idra di nero (o d'oro) attraversante sul tutto. Motto:Herculis labor.
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Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
