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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Baroni - Conti - Nobili
Nobles in:Italia
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En 1332, Raoul Petra acheta la terre de Caccavone, tandis qu'un Alexandre possédait déjà le château de Petra, où se trouve aujourd'hui Pietracatella. En 1417, Nicola Pietra (Arch. État de Naples, Reg. Angevin, 1417, folio 60 verso) possédait le château de Petra et des biens dans la ville de Sessa. Son frère Masello était un illustre juriste. En 1432, Giovanni Petra fut appelé par la reine Giovanna II "viv nobilis de la ville de Capoue et seigneur de Collalto" (A. Arch. Napoli, Arch. R. Zecca, livret 94, feuille 55). En 1540, la famille Petra achète la terre de Vastogirardi dans le Molise (Archives de l'État de Naples, Titulorum vol. 8°, feuille 149, verso et suiv.). En 1605, après la mort de son père, Gerolamo Petra avec ses frères Giulio, Donato, Antonio et Attilio, paya la redevance pour les terres de Rocchetta et Collalto. Prospero Petra était conseiller de S. Chiara, ...
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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.
BlazonPetra
Coat of arms of family
Language of the text: Italiano
Di azzurro al leone d'oro tenente con la destra una croce dello stesso e strangolando con la sinistra un serpente al naturale: il leone accompagnato in punta da una fascia diminuita ondata d'oro.
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