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Nobility: Nobles - Lords - Counts - Barons
Nobles in:Italy
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Alte und sehr adlige Feudalfamilie, ursprünglich aus Basilikata im Königreich Neapel, die nach Sizilien und genauer gesagt nach Messina, Taormina und Acireale gezogen ist und sich im Laufe der Jahrhunderte weltweit verbreitet hat. Ihr Gründer war nach Überlieferung Riccardo, geboren 1160, Sohn des Richters Giovanni de Salvia. Dieser Riccardo, Herr von Rivisco, in der Ortschaft Curia und von St. Sophia, in der Ortschaft Bella, nahm zusammen mit seinen Brüdern Pandolfo, Alessandro und Pietro am Dritten Kreuzzug im Heiligen Land teil und erhielt von König Wilhelm II. ein Privileg vom 13. März 1186 den Titel eines Barons von Santa Sofia und später den Titel eines Grafen. Das Lehen von St. Sophia wurde von Gerardo, von Bernardo, von Nicola, von Jacopo seinem Sohn Giovanni, geboren 1430, vermacht, während das Lehen von Rivisco seinem Sohn Alemanno, Herr von Rivisco (ausgestorbener Zweig), vermacht wurde. Giovanni tauschte das Lehen von St. Sophia, das die Feudalherrschaft ...
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When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonDi Bella
1. Coat of arms of family: Di Bella
Language of the text: Italiano
Per fesse, in the first azure, three star of eight points or; in the second azure, three bends or; over all a fesse or. Motto: ACQUIRI EUNDO VIRES.
Cited in "Nobiliario di Sicilia" by Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912).
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