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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles
Nobles in:Spain - Italy
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
Antica e nobile famiglia dell'isola di Malta, di chiara e ancestrale virtù, che nei secoli si è diffusa in tutto il mondo. Le due filiali principali sono andate una in Italia e una in Spagna. Quello che andò in Spagna si stabilì a Valencia. Crispo Bárbaro, nel suo "Nobiliario" del 1883, cita una signora Carmen Briffa, figlia di E. Briffa e sorella politica del barone di Benuarrat. Molti membri della famiglia si sono distinti negli Ordini di Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara e Montesa; altri facevano anche parte della Cancelleria Reale di Valladolid e di Granada. Il ramo della famiglia trasferitosi in Italia si stabilì in Sicilia. Qui, questa famiglia, in tutte le epoche, si distingue sempre, grazie alle figure di spicco, che hanno dato i natali, nel servizio pubblico, nelle professioni liberali ed ecclesiastiche e nel servizio militare. Tra questi, senza sottovalutare gli omessi, ricordiamo: Giacomo, feudatario, fiorente nel 1521; Pietro, ...
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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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