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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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Cavalieri
Nobles in:Italia
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
Antica famiglia spagnola, di chiara ed avita virtù, passata a dimorare nel Regno delle Due Sicilie, ivi giungendo, in epoche assai remote, al seguito dei re aragonesi. Tal casato, inoltre, venne ammesso agli onori ed ai privilegi del cavalierato, verosimilmente, in seguito alla partecipazione, proprio sotto i vessilli aragonesi, connotata da coraggio e virtù, di un Martìn o Martino La Delfa alla guerra d'Otranto, del 1481, contro gli Ottomani. Ma, d'altronde, la famiglia, nel corso dei secoli, sempre riuscì a distinguersi, grazie agli elevati personaggi, a cui diede i natali. Tra questi, senza nulla levar al valore degli omessi, ricordiamo: Rodrigo, regio milite, vivente in Caltanissetta, nel 1499; Cav. Nicola, dottore in "utroque jure", giurato in Caltanissetta, vivente nel 1509; Antonio, protomedico alla Corte Napoletana, vivente nel 1524; D. Gioacchino, canonico, teologo e protonotario apostolico, vivente in Catania, nel 1547; Giancarlo, distintosi nella difesa di Malta contro i Turchi, nel ...
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.
BlazonLa Delfa
Coat of arms of family
Language of the text: Italiano
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