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.
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.
Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Conti - Marchesi - Nobili
Nobles in:Italia
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
Le origini di questa illustre famiglia sono tuttora avvolte nelle tenebre e discusse e disputate tra la leggenda e le ipotesi storiche. Si dice che prendessero il nome da un castello in valle di Bormida, detto Carretto dai terreni di carretto e di giuncheti che lo attorniavano. La leggenda narra di Aleramo, figlio del duca di Sassonia, che, rapita Adelasia, figluola dell'imperatore Ottone, fuggendo le ire e le ricerche paterne, visse di nascosto, sette anni, nelle boscaglie presso Garessio, campando la vita col fabbricare carbone e procreando sette figli, posti poi dall'imperatore a capo di sette marchesati. Certo, è anche per le conclusioni della critica storica, che i Del Carretto sono del gran ceppo aleramico e che le loro origini storicamente provate risalgono oltre il Mille. Già dal 1330 hanno cavalieri gerosolimitani e ne contano, in poco più di tre secoli, venti, fra i più illustri dell'ordine. Da Aleramo, conte ...
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
