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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Cavalieri
Nobles in:Italia
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Very ancient and illustrious Roman family of whose origins there is no certain information; spread over the centuries in different regions of Italy. Cognomination is prior to the seventeenth century and should derive from modifications, due to the usual causes of historical phonetics, of a nickname derived from the medieval term corte, typical medieval agrarian organization, probably to indicate that the progenitor came from a court. The names of the Cortellessa are remembered in texts, notarial deeds and contracts for the sale of lands and houses since very remote times, from which it appears that they were in a comfortable condition. Figure in the council books of the seventeenth century, in John councilor of the municipality; an Antonio was a war captain in Naples in the 18th century; a Joseph, canon and parish priest in Villafredda in the 19th century. This family, to say the Amayden, was certainly included among ...
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