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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Signori - Nobili - Baroni
Nobles in:Italia (Umbria)
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The Montecchio family, of ancient and illustrious nobility, finds its first attestations in the city of Assisi, where it derives its origin and name from the homonymous castle located on the mountain that dominates the seraphic city. Lords of that fortress, the Montecchios made it the fulcrum of their economic and military power, as well as the symbol of their influence on the political and social life of medieval Umbria. The chronicles recall how, already in 1321, the brothers Bernardo and Tommaso Montecchio distinguished themselves among the most eminent personalities of the time in terms of value and wealth. Confirming the antiquity and prestige of the family, Giovan Battista di Crollalanza describes its noble prerogatives in his monumental “Historic-blasonic Dictionary of Extinct and Flourishing Italian Noble and Notable Families” (Pisa, 1886). Even earlier, in the 17th century, Eugenio Gamurrini, an Arezzo nobleman, Benedictine monk from Cassino, theologian and family member of Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici, had dedicated ample space to the Montecchios in his “Genealogical History of Tuscan and Umbrian noble families”. The family did not remain confined ...
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BlazonMontecchio
1. Crest of family: Montecchio
Language of the text: Italiano
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