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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
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Ancient Perugian family, with residence in the city of Gubbio, of Ligurian origins, of clear and ancestral virtue, which has spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy and the world. The family is believed to have arrived in Gubbio from Chiavari, where a Corrado, protector of the Chapter Compere in 1346, an Ardoino, elderly in 1362, flourished; and an Antonio and a Pietro, with the same position in 1430 and 1451. The origin of this cognomination, according to authoritative genealogists, should be sought in the medieval staff "Phophus", probably brought by the progenitors. In any case, as far as we are concerned, the house was admitted to the nobility for merit acquired towards the Della Rovere, dynasty that had the dominion of Gubbio from 1508 to 1631, when, with the death of Francesco Maria II Della Rovere, last heir of the house, all the properties and all the ...
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BlazonFofi
1. Coat of arms of family: Fofi
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azzurro, alla fascia di nero orlata d'oro, accompagnata in capo da tre stelle e in punta da uno sperone, il tutto del medesimo.
Fonte: Archivio Storico di Heraldrys Institute of Rome.
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