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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Patrizi
Nobles in:Italia (Umbria)
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Variations Last name: Fortebracci
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
The family originally called itself the Dal Monte and enjoyed the fiefdom of the castle of Montone with Ugo Fortebraccio in 1100. From Ugo Fortebraccio came Andrea dei Conti di Montone known as "Braccio da Montone", a very famous leader; From 1 July 1416 he was Lord of Perugia, then Count of Foggia and Prince of Capua and from 1423 Prince of Aquila. In 1424 he was defeated and taken prisoner under the walls of Aquila by Giacomo Caldora, viceroy and grand constable. His widow Niccolina di Rodolfo II Varano, Duke of Camerino, had to retire to Camerino in 1429 where she died. His son Ottone was killed in 1425 by the citizens of Val di Lamone and Carlo fought for Venice. In the municipal archives of S. Rufino and S. Francesco in Assisi there are interesting documents proving the indisputable and uninterrupted dominion of the family in Assisi since ...
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BlazonFortebraccio
Variations Last name: Fortebracci
1. Coat of arms of family: Fortebracci, Fortebraccio
Language of the text: Italiano
Di oro al montone di nero nascente (1487). Cimiero: Il montone uscente.
Fonte bibliografica: "Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana di V. Spreti".
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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
