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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Marchesi - Conti - Patrizi
Nobles in:Italia
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A wholly legendary tradition ascribes to the House of Molza an origin in the tenth century, asserting that a Count Molza, kinsman to Otto III, was conveyed into Italy. This account relates that the Count, unjustly accused by the Empress of resisting her advances, was condemned to death by the Emperor, yet upon the widow’s subsequent demonstration of his innocence, the Emperor bestowed upon the family four castles in Tuscia. Thereafter, the lineage is said to have migrated to Mantua and, in 1125, to Modena. Though this narrative lacks originality and veracity, it was nonetheless ratified in a public instrument, namely a certificate from the Community of Modena dated 5 April 1604, confirming the Molza nobility, and duly recorded by Crollalanza in his "Dizionario." Thirteenth-century documents attest to the family’s presence in Modena, though absent any indication of noble status. Guido della Molza, among the Sapienti in 1280, begat Guido, acknowledged progenitor of the house. His sons, Gherardino and Gentilino, with Andrea and others, are listed among the Notaries of Porta S. Pietro in 1336. Engaged in commerce and the ...
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BlazonMolza
1. Crest of family: Molza
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azzurro, a quattro fasce in divisa, convesse, la prima d'argento sostenente un'aquila coronata d'oro, e le altre tre, contromerlate di tre pezzi, d'oro; al capo pure d'oro caricato di un'aquila di nero.
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