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Nobility: Nobles
Nobles in:Spain - Italy
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Ancienne et noble famille de l'île de Malte, de vertu claire et ancestrale, qui s'est répandue dans le monde entier, au cours des siècles. Les deux branches principales sont allées une en Italie et une en Espagne. Celui qui est allé en Espagne s'est installé à Valence. Crispo Bárbaro, dans son "Nobiliario" de 1883, cite une Mme Carmen Briffa, fille d'E. Briffa et sœur politique du baron de Benuarrat. De nombreux membres de la famille se sont distingués dans les Ordres de Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara et Montesa ; d'autres faisaient également partie de la chancellerie royale de Valladolid et de Grenade. La branche de la famille qui a déménagé en Italie, s'est installée en Sicile. Ici, cette famille, à toutes les époques, se distingue toujours, grâce aux personnalités éminentes, qui ont enfanté, dans la fonction publique, dans les professions libérales et ecclésiastiques et dans le service militaire. Parmi ceux-ci, sans ...
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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.
BlazonBriffa
1. Coat of arms of family: Briffa
Language of the text: English
Party per fesse; first or, four bendlets sinister gules; second gules, three roses argent per pale.
Source: "El solar catalan, valenciano y balear" - Tomo I, by A. y A. Garcia Carraffa, Libreria internacional.
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