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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Patrizi - Nobili - Conti - Baroni
Nobles in:Italia
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Family of Norman origin, whose earliest memories date back to a Riccardo, feudal lord in Terra di Lavoro, around the year 1090. Rising rapidly in power, at the time of the Swabians, the house had numerous fiefdoms, such as Cerinola, Traetto, Itri Riardo, and the counties of Avellino, Calvi, Montesantangelo, Fondi, for which a branch was said to be of Fondi. A second Riccardo, count of Fondi, was one of the most powerful feudal lords of his time; a third Richard, great admiral of the kings William I and II; and finally Roger and Richard the fourth were valiant captains of Emperor Frederick II. This house also gave a cardinal to the Church, in the person of Pietro, who lived around 1294. The first-born branch of the Fondi counts died out in 1327 in Giovanna who married Loffredo, of the illustrious Gaetani family and therefore added the surname to his ...
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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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