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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Conti
Nobles in:Italia
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Ancient and illustrious feudal family, decorated with the municipal title, which took its name from the Montafia fiefdom owned by her since the early twelfth century, beyond which she was also a lady of Roatto, Maretto, Piovà, Ceretto, Castelvecchio, Tigliole and Solbrito. He had very brave warriors and many knights of Rhodes, then of Malta, and became extinct towards the end of the seventeenth century in the person of Ascanio count of Solbrito. The presence of the motto in the documented bibliography of the family confirms the ancestral nobility of the family. In fact, the origin of the motto dates back to around the 14th century and must be sought in those witty sayings that were written on the banners or flags of the knights, displayed on the windows of the inns where they stayed, during the tournaments, and during the tournaments themselves . The motto was a thought expressed ...
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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.
BlazonMontafia
Coat of arms of family
Language of the text: Italiano
Inquartato; nel primo e quarto d'oro, all'aquila bicipite di nero; nel secondo di rosso, a tre spade d'oro, poste ciascuna in banda, l'una sull'altra, le punte in gi
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The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
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
