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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Patrizi
Nobles in:Italia (Marche)
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By means of a diploma dated 22 Sept. 1503, Guido Ubaldo I Duke of Urbino, creating a knight Martino di Lorenzo da Sansepolcro (Arezzo), granted him and his successors in perpetuity the lordship of the Massetta with the villas of Pagno, Tivo and Casalecchio, lordship which was then exercised from the family with count title. From this investiture originated the custom of adding the suffix "della Masetta" or "della Massa" to the family name; indeed over time this custom became so general that the feudal predicate ended up replacing the surname, and a sentence of the Forlì court on 31 July was necessary. 1909 and another of that of Brescia on 20 Oct. to authorize the use of the double surname in place of the latter alone. In 1814, when the papal government was restored, the fiefdom of Massa and its annexes was in the possession of the counts Carlo Francesco, cav. of St. Stephen, and Julius Caesar chamberlain to the king of Prussia. In Cesena the family moved from Sarsina: who says at the time of Galeotto Malatesta, who, having become master of the city, favored the increase of the inhabitants with immigration from other places in Italy; who wants later. In any case, Ferrante di Pirro, with a brief by Clemente ... ...
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BlazonBernardini Della Massa
1. Coat of arms of family: Bernardini della Massa
Language of the text: Italiano
Inquartato: nel primo e quarto d'oro all'aquila di nero coronata dello stesso; nel secondo e terzo di azzurro alla rovere sradicata d'oro coi rami passati in doppia croce di S. Andrea: sul tutto una fascia d'azzurro a tre stelle di sei raggi d'oro.
Fonte bibliografica: "Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana di V. Spreti".
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