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Last name: Contardo

Dossier: 23168
Type:Heraldic dossiers
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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Cavalieri
Nobles in:Italia
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Contardo


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Nobility crown ContardoAntica famiglia friulana, originaria di Spilimbergo, di chiara ed avita virtù, propagatasi, nel corso dei secoli, in diverse regioni d'Italia. L'origine di tal cognominizzazione, al dir di illustri genealogisti, andrebbe ricercata nel nome medioevale omonimo, o nella sua variante "Gontardo", derivato, a sua volta, dal germanico "gunt" (= battaglia) e "hart" (= ardito), con il significato di "duro in battaglia", probabilmente, appartenuto, ad un, oggi ignoto, capostipite. In ogni modo, tal casato verosimilmente, venne fregiato del cavalierato, in seguito alla partecipazione, connotata da coraggio ed onore, sotto i vessilli della Santa Lega, di un Filippo Contardo, al celebre fatto d'armi della Battaglia di Lepanto, del 1571. Inoltre, un Girolamo Monaco, uno Giacomo Cisternini, un Tomaso Reggio dottore ed un Alessandro Contardo, tutti cittadini di Spilimbergo, negli anni 1653 e 1654 si costituirono in consorzio per acquistare la giurisdizione di San Pietro in Tavella, un piccolo borgo in prossimità di Udine, ...

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Coat of arms of family Contardo

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Language of the text: Italiano

Aranciato alla banda d'azzurro accompagnata in capo da un unicorno d'argento e in punta da un aquila spiegata di nero.

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