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Nobility: Nobles - Baronet
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Antica e nobile famiglia tedesca di Norimberga, di chiara e ancestrale virtù, conosciuta come Matthes, Matthesius o Matthews, che si è diffusa in tutto il mondo, nel corso dei secoli. Secondo quanto è stato tramandato, questa famiglia, come ricompensa per i preziosi servizi resi a Carlo IV, imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero, fu ammessa nella "Breve" (lett. "Lettera della nobiltà"), la cosiddetta nuova nobiltà come contrapposto a "Uradel", un termine coniato solo nei tempi moderni, in riferimento a famiglie nobili la cui discendenza ancestrale può essere fatta risalire a prima del Medioevo. Inoltre, quest'Aula, in tutte le età, si è sempre distinta, grazie alle figure di spicco, che hanno dato alla luce, nel servizio pubblico, nelle professioni liberali e nel servizio militare. Tra questi, senza sottovalutare gli omessi, vorremmo menzionare: Heinrich, proprietario terriero in Baviera, fiorente nel 1509; Karl, giurista, fiorente a Norimberga nel 1515; Friedrich, capitano d'armi, fiorente a ...
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BlazonMatthesius
1. Coat of arms of family: Matthesius
Language of the text: English
Vert, two triangles voided and interlaced in a star shape, gules. Helmet crowned. Crest: the triangles of the shield. Lambrequins: gules and vert.
Matthesius or Matthes from Nuremberg.
Sources: "Archivio Storico" of Heraldrys Institute of Rome; "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome II L-Z" page 174.
Argent, a crescent azure surmounted by a star of eight points set in the dexter point of the chief, a fleur-de-lys gules set in the sinister point of the chief; over all an inescutcheon gironny of 8 gules and sable, a lion or, within a bordure azure, eight squares gules charged with a cross patty or; over all an inescutcheon argent with a franc-quartier sable.
Matthews from Florence.
Source: "Raccolta Ceramelli Papiani" kept in "Archivio di stato di Firenze", file n. 5979. The area external to the first inescutcheon is not blazoned but the illustration in the archive includes it.
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