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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Conti
Nobles in:Italia (Corsica)
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Dans l'Antiquité, les comtes et souverains de cette île se vantaient d'Alphonse comme capitaine général des Corses puis maréchal de France sous Henri IV. Son fils Giambattista obtint le même grade en 1626. Cette branche s'éteignit en France en 1670 ; mais une autre branche persista en Corse, à laquelle appartient le duc d'Ornano qui, en 1731, fut nommé général des Corses insurgés contre la domination de Gênes. La présence de la devise dans la bibliographie documentée de la famille confirme la noblesse ancestrale acquise par la famille. En fait, l'origine de la devise remonte au XIVe siècle environ et doit être recherchée dans ces paroles spirituelles qui étaient écrites sur les bannières ou les drapeaux des chevaliers, affichés aux fenêtres des auberges où ils séjournaient, à l'occasion de les tournois, et pendant les tournois eux-mêmes. La devise était une pensée exprimée en quelques mots faisant allusion à un sentiment ...
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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.
BlazonOrnano
1. Coat of arms of family: Ornano, Ornani
Language of the text: Italiano
Inquartato; nel primo e quarto di rosso, ad una torre di due piani d'oro, murata di nero; nel secondo e terzo d'oro, al leone di rosso; sul tutto spaccato; nel primo partito, a destra d'azzurro, ad una spada d'oro, a sinistra d'armellino pieno; nel secondo di rosso, al grifo d'oro.
Blasone della famiglia Ornano. Fonte bibliografica: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti", compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
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