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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
Ancienne et très noble famille du royaume de Naples, connue sous le nom de Massa ou Della Massa, de vertu claire et ancestrale, répartie au cours des siècles dans diverses régions d'Italie et d'Europe. La tradition veut qu'Essai soit d'origine espagnole et qu'en Italie il eut sa première résidence dans la ville de Vintimille ; d'où une de ses branches fut ensuite amenée au royaume de Naples à l'époque de Charles d'Anjou. Ledit souverain accorda en effet à un Restagno, en 1274, le fief de San Giorgio avec un titre baronnial. Cette famille, dont la résidence principale était fixée dans la ville de Naples, s'est toujours distinguée pour avoir donné naissance à des personnages très précieux. Souvenez-vous : Bernardino, frère franciscain, qui fut aumônier et membre de la famille du roi Robert en 1339 ; César, chef des armées de Charles Quint et conseiller de guerre, qui en 1546 milita ...
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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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