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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri - Signori
Nobles in:Italia - Francia
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Ancient and very noble French family of Languedoc, of clear and ancestral virtue, spread over the centuries in various French and Italian regions. They wanted the progenitor to be an Arnauld, knight and lord of Montalet, flourishing in 1180. Another branch of the same family flourished in Brittany and was illustrated by Hervé, a crusader knight in 1248. A branch also flourished in Italy and, more precisely in Piedmont , where it probably passed with a Pierre, lord and commander, in the 16th century. Established in the city of Bra, it began to be known also by this surname. There, in the unfolding of decades, the family has always managed to produce a series of men who have made his name famous, in public employment, in the liberal and ecclesiastical professions and in military service. Among these, without taking anything away from the value of the omissions, count: Gilberto, doctor ...
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BlazonBrarda
1. Coat of arms of family: Brarda
Language of the text: Italiano
D'argento, alla croce spinata di nero.
Brarda della Francia.
Fonte: Archivio Storico di Heraldrys Institute of Rome.
Di rosso a due croci d'argento, 1 ed 1, ornate dalla corona comitale.
Blasone della famiglia Bra del Piemonte. Si trova anche la forma cognominale Brarda.
Fonti: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.III, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888; "Archivio Storico" di Heraldrys Institute of Rome..
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