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Very ancient and noble family, a member of whom, Guido nephew of Otto the Great, wanted to be brought to Italy in 938, following his uncle who came to Rome to be crowned emperor. On his return Ottone gave him the county of Romagna and he settled in Ravenna where his descendants became powerful feudal lords and doorposts of the Guidi, several of whom had the nickname of Guerra not only because they were valiant in arms but, and above all, for the innate cruelty that caused them horrible revenge, ruthless exterminations, the ban and confiscation of all possessions. Despite all this, the Guidi are now flourishing in Rome, Volterra, Mantua and Ferrara which allows us to suppose that some nucleus to escape the reprisals referred to has immigrated to Lombardy, Pavia, Voghera, Castelnuovo, Tortona and Monferrato in Vercelli, in Lombardy. Casale, Alessandria - with the name of Guerra instead ...
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BlazonGuerra
1. Coat of arms of family: Guerra (Piemonte)
Language of the text: Italiano
Inquartato; nel 1° e nel 4° di rosso, a due bande d'argento; nel 2° e nel 3° d'oro, al cardo selvatico di tre rami, fiorito e fogliato al naturale, sradicato.Cimiero: un cervo al naturale, linguato di rosso, nascente. Motto: Post tenebras spero lucem.
Citato in "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol. primo, pag. 511, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1890.
Inquartato; nel 1° e nel 4° d'argento, ad una colomba di rosso, posta sopra una terrazza dello stesso e sormontata da una spada al naturale in banda, accostata da un'altra colomba di rosso posta sulla lama; nel 2° e nel 3° d'azzurro, a tre stelle d'oro. Cimiero: un aquila di nero.
Citato in "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol. primo, pag. 512, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1890.
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