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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Conti - Signori
Nobles in:Italia (Piemonte)
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Variations Last name: Gottofredi
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 very noble lineage of Gottofredo, whose name is also found, in some sources, in the form of Gottofredi, derives its ancient origins from the lands of Piedmont, the cradle of ancient lineages and glorious memories. The illustrious historian and heraldist Commendator G. B. di Crollalanza mentions it in his valuable work “Historic-blasonic Dictionary of Extinct and Flourishing Italian Noble and Notable Families”, volume two, published in Pisa in the Year of the Lord 1888 at the direction of the Heraldic Journal. In this learned effort, the Author attests that the Gottofredo family were awarded the title of Counts of Settimo Vittone, as well as Lords of Buronzo, lands that testify to the ancient splendour and the noble authority exercised by this house in the past centuries. Their motto, a mirror of the soul and family honor, sounds like this: “Divo Iove auctore sequimur acta patrum”, which in the language of the Our Fathers can be understood: “With divine Jupiter as our guide, we follow the exploits of our ancestors.” This is how, through words and centuries, the memory of ...
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BlazonGottofredo
Variations Last name: Gottofredi
1. Crest of family: Gottofredo
Language of the text: Italiano
Spaccato di nero e d'argento, al leone dall'uno nell'altro, linguato, armato e immaschito di rosso. Cimiero: Un leone nascente d'argento, armato e linguato di rosso. Motto: Divo iove auctore sequimur acta patrum.
Fonte: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.II, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
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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
