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Language of the text: Italiano
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Variations Last name: Cossa
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
Cette famille, anciennement appelée Cossa et Salvacossa, est originaire de l'île d'Ischia dont elle tire son nom, appelant cette île avec le mot grec Coza. Des souvenirs s'en sont fait depuis l'époque de la domination grecque. Elle avait noblesse à Naples aux sièges de Capuana et Nido, à Ischia, à Monteleone et à Sessa, et était maîtresse de trente-trois baronnies, de trois comtés et du duché de Santagata dei Goti, dont elle eut l'investiture en 1585. Elle était célèbre Cardinal Baldassarre Cossa, qui pour ses intrigues fut élu pape en 1410 après la mort d'Alexandre V et déposé du pontificat par ses propres électeurs en mai 1415. Pietro capitaine et membre de la famille de Frédéric II souabe. Marino a vaincu les Siciliens sur l'île de Zerbe à l'époque du roi Charles II d'Anjou. Pietro gouverneur de l'île d'Ischia. Michele, capitaine général de la mer à l'époque du roi Frédéric ...
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BlazonCoscia
Variations Last name: Cossa
1. Coat of arms of family: Coscia
Language of the text: Italiano
Spaccato: nel primo di rosso alla coscia di oro, nel secondo di argento con tre fasce di verde, colla bordura dentata d'oro.
Spaccato; nel 1° di rosso, alla coscia d'oro; nel 2° d'argento, a tre bande di verde, e la filiera dello scudo d'oro.
Coscia o Cossa di Napoli.
Citato in "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.II, pag. 329, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888. Si trova anche nella forma Cossavella.
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