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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri
Nobles in:Italia (Regno di Sicilia)
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Ancient and illustrious Apulian family, of clear and ancestral virtue, spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy. According to what is handed down to us, it descends from the noble Sicilian family, of Spanish origin, Caprera. Bernardo Caprera and de Fois, one of the first lords of Catalonia, viscount of Caprera, passed in Sicily under King Martin, becoming the great executioner of the kingdom. In the late sixteenth century, a Corrado Caprera received the title of royal knight and it was he who brought the family to Puglia, having received some territories as a gift there. Over time, the surname changed to today's "Caprarese" form. This variation should not be surprising: it was a very frequent phenomenon in the branching off of a family. Until the establishment of the modern registry it was in fact frequent that the same prosapia was known under several surname forms. In any ...
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BlazonCaprarese
1. Coat of arms of family: Caprarese
Language of the text: Italiano
D’oro, alla capra di nero saliente, e la bordatura merlata dello stesso.
Blasone della famiglia Caprarese dir. Cabrera o Caprera. Fonte bibliografica del blasone: "Nobiliario di Sicilia" di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912).
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