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Variations Last name: de Massa,Massa
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
Ancient and very noble family of the Kingdom of Naples, known as de Massa or Della Massa, of clear and ancestral virtue, spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy and Europe. Tradition has it that Essai is of Spanish origin and that in Italy he had his first residence in the city of Ventimiglia; from whence one of its branches was then brought to the Kingdom of Naples at the time of Charles of Anjou. Said sovereign in fact granted to a Restagno, in 1274, the fiefdom of San Giorgio with a baronial title. This family, whose main residence was fixed in the city of Naples, has always distinguished itself for having given birth to very valuable characters. Remember: Bernardino, a Franciscan friar, who was chaplain and family member of King Robert in 1339; Cesare, leader in the armies of Charles V and war adviser, who in 1546 ...
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BlazonDella Massa
Variations Last name: de Massa,Massa
1. Coat of arms of family: Massa, Della Massa, De Massa
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azzurro, a tre monti d'oro moventi dalla punta, sormontati da un leone dello stesso, lampassato di rosso, avente fra le branche anteriori una mazza armata di punte pure d'oro, accompagnato nel capo da una croce di rosso bordata d'oro ed accostata da due stelle di otto raggi dello stesso. Cimiero: un busto di guerriero armato.
Blasone della famiglia Massa (de o della) in Campania. Fonte bibliografica: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.II, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
Di rosso, il leone d'oro tenente colle branche anteriori una mazza armata di punte dello stesso.
Blasone della famiglia Massa in Sicilia. Fonte bibliografica: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.II, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
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