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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Notabili - Nobili - Conti
Nobles in:Italia - Grecia
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Variations Last name: Metaxa Mirarco
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
Ancienne et illustre famille calabraise, de vertu claire et ancestrale, qui s'est propagée au cours des siècles dans diverses régions d'Italie. Plusieurs légendes sont transmises sur son origine. Certains prétendent qu'elle était originaire de Grèce et en fait son nom de famille viendrait du grec « μεράρχης », capitaine, décurion ; d'autres veulent qu'il descende des marquis Mira de Palerme. Ce qui semble incontestable, c'est sa précieuse implantation dans le Royaume des Deux-Siciles depuis au moins la fin du XVIIe siècle, avec de plus grandes concentrations en Calabre. Cette famille contracta alors des parents nobles et illustres ; surtout cela avec les nobles Metaxà, comtes de Céphalonie, dont compte le Metaxà-Mirarco. Au fil des décennies, la famille Mirarco s'est toujours distinguée pour avoir donné naissance à des personnalités notables, précieuses dans l'exercice des professions libérales, dans les administrations locales, dans les carrières militaires et ecclésiastiques. De nos archives : Don ...
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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.
D'azzurro, ad un mondo d'argento, cinto e crociato d'oro, sormontato da una colomba d'argento tenente nel becco un ramoscello di more al naturale.
Blasone della famiglia Metaxà e Metaxà Mirarco (Conti). Fonte bibliografica del blasone: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome II L-Z".
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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
