The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
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Heraldic Traces :
Burgräf
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Burgravius rufus 1268 Straßburg Ritter
Fridericus 1269 Augsburg Urkunsbeamter
Gstürner 1349 Greifswald Bräuer
Berufsname aus dem mittelhochdeutschen burcgrâve gleich Stadtrichter. Der Name verbreitet sich vom Oberdeutschen aus und beruht unmittelbar auf dem Amtsnamen. In Augsburg zeigt sich die Amtsbezeichnung denn auch zuerst auf dem Weg zum Sippenname. Zu der häufig Schreibung Burgraf sei bemerkt, daß diese Verkürzung bei den lateinischen Urkundenschreibern sehr beliebt war und schon beim erstmaligen Erscheinen des Wortes in den Florentinischen Glosen (11. Jahrhundert) als "purcravo gleich präfectus" auftritt.
Burgravius rufus
Seit dem ausgehenden XIII Jahrhundert, ab Karl IV. (1346-1378), haben die Kaiser Wappen verliehen, ohne die Begünstigten in den Adelsstand zu erheben. Im XV Jahrhundert haben sie den Pfalzgrafen mit der Wappenvergabe betraut, der seitdem auch Bürgerfamilien Wappen gewährte. ...
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.
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The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
