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.
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.
Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Italia
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
I signori del luogo che così si denominarono alterandone col volger dei tempi fonetica e grafia: da Montis Orphei, Montis Alferio Montalferio, Montalfeo, diramarono in Tortona e Voghera affermandosi in entrambe; erano vassalli e forse affini dei Malaspina ai quali con diploma 29 settembre 1164 Federico Barbarossa concedeva in feudo molti luoghi della Val Staffora tra cui Montalfeo nonostante papa Anastasio IV il 7 dicembre 1153 ne avesse confermato il possesso all'abazia di S. Marziano di Tortona; la guerra sconvolse ogni cosa ed il Barbarossa non fu certo grande amico dei papi; vuolsi che i M. fossero pure signori di Godiasco. Sono annoverati tra i casati più antichi di Voghera viventi nei secoli XII-XIV; difatti nei primi decenni del 1100 volendo sottrarsi alla sovranità d'Oltralpe, i M. costituirono con le famiglie preminenti della città il Comune Signorile di Voghera analogamente a quanto già attuato a Milano e Tortona; sono ricordati ...
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.
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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
