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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
Very ancient and very noble family, which is believed to originate from France, of the same jamb of the princes of Monaco, and who moved to Genoa in 1070, with Inigo Grimaldo. In this city the Genoese lineages of the Ceva, Castro or Castello, Taschifeloni, Oliva, Crespini and Messimeri families were added to the large Grimaldi hotel, taking on their name and emblem. Villabianca tells us: "she originated in France about the year 420 of our health from a Franzese Knight, who called Grimaldo around the times of Otto emperor, built a Castle in Provence, and called Grimaldo, from whence they took surname his inclined successors. From France he passed to Genoa, and then Arrigo, son of Charles, second son of Charles, absolute prince of the city of Monaco, passed to Sicily with King Martin, as his Councilor, from whom Sovereign for services he obtained Baronia della Buzzetta, as it ...
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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.
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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
