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Originally from Hohenems, a village near Lake Constance on the border of Voralberg, which gave its name to the family, which later became Roman, of the family, the founder is a Merquerdo, from which descended a Volfango created count of the Empire by Charles V for the merits acquired during the war in Italy against the French. He settled in Italy and joined in marriage with Chiara Medici, sister of Pius IV. His son Jacopo Annibale (m.1587) was sent ambassador to Philip II, king of Spain, by his uncle pontiff, from whom he had the fiefdom for himself and male descendants of the county of Gallarate with diploma II April 1578. Pius IV created him general of S .Church. He had in his wife Ortensia Borromeo, sister of S. Carlo, to whom he became so united by a double bond of kinship; it was their son Gaspare Marco (d. 1658), ...
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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.
BlazonAltemps
1. Coat of arms of family: Altemps
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azzurro, al capro saliente d'oro, cornato di nero. Cimiero: Capro nascente.
Blasone della famiglia Altemps. Fonte bibliografica: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.I, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
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