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Nobility: Nobles - Marquises
Nobles in:Italy (Sicily)
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Alte und edle italienische Abstammung normannischen Ursprungs, die bis ins 12. Jahrhundert zurückreicht. Ursprünglich in zwei Hauptzweige in Nola und Messina aufgeteilt, spielte diese Familie eine bedeutende Rolle in der sizilianischen und neapolitanischen Aristokratie. Sie waren mit der Lilie von Anjou geschmückt und gehörten mindestens bis zum frühen 15. Jahrhundert zum Patriziat des „Sedile di Porto“ in Neapel. Eines ihrer namhaften Mitglieder, Francesco Mazzeo, sah 1431, wie seine Tochter Angiola Francesco Mastrilli heiratete. Die historischen Aufzeichnungen der Familie beginnen in der zweiten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts, als Raimondo Mazzeo Griffo, ein Ritter im Dienste von König Manfred von Sizilien, 1260 in Foggia urkundlich erwähnt wurde. Im späten 15. Jahrhundert war Giovanfelice Mazzeo Botschafter von König Ferrante von Aragon, während Vincenzo Mazzeo König Ferdinand II. von Aragon vertrat und als königlicher Beauftragter für jüdische Steuern in Süditalien tätig war. Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts bekleideten mehrere Mitglieder der Familie Mazzeo angesehene Ämter in Messina. Messer Paolo Mazzeo wurde 1597 in die Mastra Nobile (Goldenes Buch der Aristokratie von Messina) aufgenommen, während Gerolamo ... ...
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BlazonMazzeo
1. Crest of family: Mazzeo
Language of the text: English
Azure, on a mount in base proper a pine-tree vert fûté or; on the dexter side a lion crowned or; on the sinister side a warrior in complete armour proper holding a club sable in the act of striking; in chief a star or.
Coat of arms of family Mazzeo. Source: "Nobiliario di Sicilia" by Antonio Mango of Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912) preserved in the central library of the Sicily region. Note: in the oldest drawings the star has 8 points, in some more modern reproductions it has 5 points instead.
Gules, on a bend argent three maces or per bend sinister.
Coat of arms (alias) of family Mazzeo. Source: drawing of the coat of arms present in the manuscript "Count Edgardo Mattei, rare collection of Italian noble coats of arms existing in Rome, Conte Pasini Archive" Certified copy by the Istituto Araldico Blasone Italiano, Bologna.
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