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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Marchesi
Nobles in:Italia (Piemonte - Liguria - Sicilia)
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Variations Last name: Groppa
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
Ancient and noble family from Piedmont, with residence in the city of Bra. The presence of the motto in the documented bibliography of the family confirms the ancestral nobility of the family. In fact, the origin of the motto dates back to about the fourteenth century and must be sought in those witty sayings that were written on the banners or flags of the knights, displayed in the windows of the inns where they stayed, on the occasion of the tournaments, and during the tournaments themselves . The motto was a thought expressed in a few words alluding to an overt or hidden feeling, a quality, a historical memory, as a stimulus to courage or honour. It was chosen by the head of the family, by the knight entering the lists or given by the sovereign to his loyal man. Family motto: Fortitudo eius. Another branch would seem to have ...
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BlazonGroppo
Variations Last name: Groppa
1. Coat of arms of family: Groppo, Groppa
Language of the text: Italiano
D'oro, a due nodi di rosso fiancheggianti una banda d'azzurro caricata di tre stelle d'oro. Motto: Fortitudo Eius.
Blasone della famiglia Groppo in Piemonte. Fonte: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.III, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
D'azzurro, ad uno scaglione d'oro cimato da un'aquila di nero membrata, beccata e linguata d'oro, accompagnato in punta da un monte di vari colli di verde movente dalla stessa.
Blasone della famiglia Groppo in Genova. Fonte bibliografica: "La università delle insegne ligustiche delineate da Gio. Andrea Musso", manoscritto cartaceo del XVII secolo (1680)custodito presso la Biblioteca Berio di Genova.
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