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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri - Baroni
Nobles in:Italia (Regni di Sicilia)
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Variations Last name: Caraprese,Caroprese
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The surname of this family reveals its ancient origin from Calabria. It is believed that it was one of the Calabrian families invited, in the fourteenth century, by Charles II of Anjou to settle in Lucera to repopulate the city which remained almost deserted after the expulsion of the Saracens. Probably, in a later period, a branch of this family changed its surname to Caraprese, Caroprese and Carapresa, and enjoyed nobility in Lucera and S. Nicandro Garganico. Famous remains that Knight military governor of Candia who fought in Lepanto in 1571. A branch from Lucera went to S. Nicandro Garganico and Giulio Antonio Luigi Maria Calabrese, born in Rome on 10.11.1896, descended from it. Valiant fighter, he was awarded a Cross of Merit and a bronze medal; was also created Knight of the Crown of Italy and Official Knight of St. Stephen of Hungary. A man of great culture, humanist ...
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BlazonCalabrese
Variations Last name: Caraprese,Caroprese
1. Coat of arms of family: Calabrese
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azzurro al destrocherio armato (o di carnagione), impugnante una spada, accostata da due stelle d'oro (8) e sovrastante 3 gigli d'oro in fascia.
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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
