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.
Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Patrizi - Baroni - Principi
Nobles in:Italia - Francia - Spagna
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
Antichissima ed assai nobile famiglia, la quale si vuole originaria di Francia, dello stesso stipite dei principi di Monaco, e che si trasferì a Genova nel 1070, con Inigo Grimaldo. In detta città i casati genovesi dei Ceva, dei Castro o Castello, dei Taschifeloni, degli Oliva, dei Crespini e dei Messimeri furono aggregati al grande albergo dei Grimaldi, assumendone nome e stemma. Il Villabianca ci narra: "ella ebbe origine nella Francia circa l'anno 420 di nostra salute da un Cavaliere Franzese, che chiamato Grimaldo circa i tempi di Ottone imperatore, fabbricò un Castello nella Provenza, e chiamollo Grimaldo, d'onde poscia presero il cognome i suoi incliti successori. Da Francia passò in Genova, e poscia Arrigo, figlio di Carlo, secondogenito di Carlo, principe assoluto della città di Monaco, passò in Sicilia col re Martino, come suo Consigliero, dal quale Sovrano per servigi ottenne egli la Baronia della Buzzetta, come appare per ...
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.
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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
