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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Patrizi - Conti
Nobles in:Italia (Stato Pontificio)
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Very noble and illustrious Italian family, originally from Montefeltro and among the most important and influential of the Middle Ages. Legend has it that its origins date back to the Gens Cornelia and Scipio Africanus while its name is traced back to the tenth century, when Rodolfo, an exponent of this lineage, would have shown courage and tenacity in defending himself from external attacks. The Malatesta family had dominion over the Signoria of Rimini, to which it gave fourteen princes, and over various territories of Romagna from about 1295 to 1500. In the period of maximum influence, the Malatesta extended their domains along the Marche coast, up to Ascoli Piceno, Senigallia, Sansepolcro and Citerna, and to the north, on the territories of Bergamo and Brescia. Over the centuries, the family has given birth to brave captains and talented men of letters, among whom we note a Baptist woman who spoke in Latin before Emperor Sigismund and Pope Martin V and publicly taught philosophy; a new Domenico Malatesta founded the city library in Cesena. Divided into many branches, among the most influential and long-lived there is certainly that of the Malatesta Counts of Sogliano. The Counts of Sogliano boast Giovanni, who lived in the 12th century, as the progenitor. This valuable branch brought ... ...
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BlazonMalatesta
1. Coat of arms of family: Malatesta
Language of the text: Italiano
Partito; nel 1° di verde a tre teste di uomo recise di carnagione, capellute e barbute di nero, poste 2,1; nel 2° d'argento a tre sbarre scaccate d'oro e di nero di due file, alla punta d'oro caricata del numero 369 di nero; colla bordura inchiavata d'argento e di nero.
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