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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Italia
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
Alte ligurische Familie, von klarer und angestammter Tugend, verbreitete sich im Laufe der Jahrhunderte in verschiedenen Regionen Italiens. Nach einigen heraldischen Rekonstruktionen ist die Familie ein Nebenzweig der piemontesischen Adelsfamilie Viretti oder Viretto. Die Änderung des Nachnamens wäre daher auf Phänomene der handschriftlichen und personenbezogenen Datenvariation zurückzuführen. In jedem Fall wurden die Girettos vor dem 10. bis 6. Jahrhundert aufgrund militärischer und ziviler Verdienste in den örtlichen ligurischen Adel aufgenommen. Darüber hinaus ist es der Familie im Laufe der Jahrzehnte immer wieder gelungen, eine Reihe von Männern hervorzubringen, die seinen Namen berühmt gemacht haben, im öffentlichen Dienst, in den freien und kirchlichen Berufen und im Militärdienst. Unter diesen, ohne den Wert des Weggelassenen zu schmälern, zählen: Pietro, ligurischer Gutsbesitzer, der 1502 aufblühte; P. Antonio, Kapuziner, Blütezeit 1532; Federico, Soldat, ausgezeichnet für Mut und Ehre, unter den Bannern des Admirals der genuesischen Flotte Gianandrea Doria, in der berühmten Waffentatsache der Schlacht ...
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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.
BlazonGiretto
1. Coat of arms of family: Giretto
Language of the text: Italiano
Partito d'argento e d'azzurro; alla torre di rosso accostata da due delfini addossati d'oro e sormontata da una stella (6) del medesimo; la torre e la stella attraversanti sulla partizione.
Giretto o Giretti.
Fonte: Archivio Storico di Heraldrys Institute of Rome.
D'azzurro, a sette rombi d'argento, accollati in fascia, accompagnati in capo da tre stelle, ed in punta da tre rose, le une e le altre d'oro, ordinate in fascia. Cimiero: Un rosaio al naturale.
Viretti del Piemonte.
Fonte: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.III p. 100, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888. Note. Si trovano anche le forme cognominali Viretto, Giretti e Giretto.
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