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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles
Nobles in:Deutschland
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Variations Last name: Gressel,Grossl
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
An ancient and most noble lineage of German origin, whose appellation hath appeared in divers renderings, such as Grässl, Gressel, or Grossl, and which hath been divided into sundry familial branches, all enrolled amongst the nobility and graced with armorial bearings duly assigned. Of the first branch of this venerable house, there is notable mention of one Degenhard, steward of the chamber estates and custodian of Ränärigl’s pledges, who was honoured with an imperial title and the conferment of arms by decree of His Majesty issued in Prague, upon the fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1607. A second branch of this house is likewise remembered, wherein the brethren Jacob, Wilhelm, and Andreas, merchants hailing from the renowned city of Nuremberg, are recorded. These worthies attained distinction by acquiring the dignity of nobility through the imperial decree of the eighteenth day of November in the year ...
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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BlazonGrässl
Variations Last name: Gressel,Grossl
1. Crest of family: Grässl
Language of the text: Deutsch
Or, on a bend sable three trefoils or. Crowned Helmet. Crest: two wings as shield arms. Lambrequin: sable and or.
Source: Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Bd. 5 (Bürgerliche Geschlechter Deutschlands und der Schweiz), 6. Abt.:Neunzehnhundertfünfundvierzig bürgerliche Wappen, Nürnberg 1901, 69.
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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