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Variations Last name: Giffone
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 calabraise, connue sous le nom de Giffoni ou Giffone, de vertu claire et ancestrale, répartie au cours des siècles dans diverses régions d'Italie. Selon ce qui nous est transmis, la famille est originaire de Guaimario, dit Giffone, fils de Guidone, duc de Sorrente et comte de Conza, et petit-fils des princes de Salerne, florissant au XIe siècle. En tout cas, la famille tire son nom de la seigneurie de Giffoni et a sa résidence principale dans la ville de Tropea. Il a également apprécié cinq baronnies, le comté de Simmari et le marquisat de Cinquefrondi, à partir de 1615. Un Gerardo était contestable en Calabre pour Carlo Illustre; Horace participa à la défense de Malte contre les Turcs, en 1565 ; Fabrizio a fondé le monastère des Minori Osservanti à Cinquefrondi. L'homme le plus illustre de la famille était certainement un Luigi, très érudit et ...
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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.
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BlazonGiffoni
Variations Last name: Giffone
1. Coat of arms of family: Giffone
Language of the text: Italiano
Scaccato d'argento e di nero di sei file, con la fascia di rosso attraversante, sul tutto.
Giffone o Giffoni di Tropea.
Citato in "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.I, pag. 476, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
Giffone o Giffoni di Calabria.
Citato in "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.I, pag. 476, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
Giffone o Giffoni di Calabria.
Citato in "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.I, pag. 476, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
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