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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
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Ancient and powerful family, which gave its name to a castle in the Reggio mountains located near Scandiano known as Gesso de 'Malapresi. Alberto di Gherarduccio de 'Malapresi obtained in 1134 from Adelelmo Bishop of Reggio the investiture of Gesso, half of the castle of Arceto and other goods, and in 1142 he sold the court and the castle of the Embankment and the Court to the Municipality of Reggio Mantovana. The investiture of Gesso was renewed to the Malapresi by the Bishops of Reggio in 1210 and 1211; but after having refused to ask the investiture of that castle to Bishop Guglielmo da Fogliano again, they were stripped of it in 1283. In 1320 this family, declared enemy of the Municipality of Reggio, was probably banished from the homeland. Last of these was Antonia, wife of Lucchino from Lucca, a known Reggio, who in 1422 wanted to master the ...
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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.
BlazonMalapresi
Coat of arms of family
Language of the text: Italiano
Or, an elephant sable on a mount in base vert, in dexter chief a sun in splendor, gules.
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The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
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
