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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Marchesi
Nobles in:Italia - Portogallo - Spagna (Veneto - Stato Pontificio)
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They came from Spain, where they enjoyed the title of Marquis. In Venice they attended to the trading of wool and sugar, and in a short time they accumulated great wealth. The chronicles of that time narrate that here in Venice they were taken into account as not very fervent Christians, and some went on to say that they were Jews, because they always practiced in confidence with them, and even used their language. However, the Marquis Agostino always baptized his own children, and was also Guardian of the Scuola del Santissimo in S. Geremia. This marquis therefore, at the time of the war of Candia, with his brother Antonio made the usual offer of 100 thousand ducats, for which both were ascribed to the Venetian nobility, following the ballot on January 16, 1664 in the Senate with 152 votes in favour. 61 against, 8 not sincere, proposed and accepted ...
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BlazonFonseca
1. Coat of arms of family: Fonseca
Language of the text: Italiano
D'oro, a cinque stelle di sei raggi di rosso.
Blasone della famiglia Fonseca nobile in Venezia. Fonte bibliografica: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.I, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
Blasone della famiglia Fonzeca, Fonsecca o Fonseca nobile in Roma ricostruito da un disegno del pittore Giovanni Rust inserito nel "Libro d'oro della nobiltà romana" conservato presso l'archivio capitolino di Roma.
Stemma della famiglia Fonseca. Fonte bibliografica: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.I, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
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