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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Patrizi
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
Genuesische Patrizier- und Dogalenfamilie, die zu Beginn des 14. Jahrhunderts durch die Vereinigung einiger Genua-Familien gegründet wurde. Im 11. Jahrhundert zog die bereits auffällige Familie Della Volta, die offenbar aus Lerici stammte, nach Genua, wo sie sofort zu den höchsten Ämtern der Gemeinde aufstieg. Bereits im 10. Jahrhundert wies Crollalanza ihnen mehrere Lehen im Genuesen zu (Giornale Araldico XXIV, 260). Es wurde jedoch als eine der alten Visconti-tröstenden Familien von Genua angesehen, und im zwölften Jahrhundert waren es und die Familie Da Castello die mächtigsten kaiserlichen Fraktionshäuser der Stadt, die oft blutig mit dem päpstlichen Teil der Advocate-Familie konkurrierten. Seit dieser Zeit hatten sie Konsuln der Gemeinde, Erzbischöfe der Diözese und andere hohe zivile, militärische und kirchliche Ämter. In der Stadt besaßen sie den Bezirk um die alte Kirche San Torpète bis zur "Brücke der Cattanei" im Hafen. Auf dem Portal dieser Kirche befindet sich eine alte Gedenktafel, deren Inschrift ...
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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
