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Language of the text: Italiano
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The title of princes of Butera was granted for the first time in Sicily, as the highest noble title, by King Philip II in 1563 to the Branciforte family, who succeeded in 1540 in the feudal lordship of Butera and its territory, in the Val di Noto, which since 1392 it had been granted to Ugo de Ademar de Santapau, of Catalan origin. Therefore, according to what is handed down to us, a branch of the Branciforte began to be surnamed Butera. Fabrizio Branciforte prince of Butera and first titled of Sicily, great of Spain hereditary first class and decorated of the order of the Golden Fleece, married a Dorotea Barrese, for whom he was marquis of Militello and prince of Pietraperzia; a Francesco Branciforte and Butera, his son, was the husband of a Giovanna of Austria, daughter of Giovanni, born of Charles V emperor; a Salvatore Branciforte and Butera ...
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BlazonButera
1. Coat of arms of family: Butteri
Language of the text: Italiano
Troncato: al 1º d'oro, all'aquila di nero, bicipite, coronata, d'argento; al 2º di azzurro, alla tavoletta di scacchiera d'argentato, scaccato d'oro e di nero; gli scacchi neri delle tre file superiori marcati d'argento, gli scacchi d'oro delle tre file inferiori marcati di rosso. Motto: Sublimiora.
Blasone della famiglia Butteri, Buterius o Butera.
Fonte: "Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana di V. SPRETI" Vol. II pag. 217 .
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