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Ancient and noble Italian family, originally known as Rizzo, Riccio or Ricci, a branch of which went to reside in Spain and there was transcribed as Rizo, for local phonetic reasons. According to what has been handed down, this noble House is originally from the city of Genoa, where it was part of the Grimaldi "Albergo" (= an organizational structure in which several families linked by blood or a common interest banded together). In fact, according to the certification of the notary and chancellor Horatius Dulmeta, in the golden book of the Ligurian capital there were: Francesco, Emanuele, Domenico, Giacomo, Pietro, Paolo, Giovan Battista, Bartolomeo and Giacinto. All belonging to this lineage. Maddalena Grimaldi Rizzo was the only daughter and heir of Domenico Grimaldi Rizzo, a Genoese patrician and governor of Tenerife for the Catholic kings (16th century). He tested by imposing the passing on of his surname to his ...
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BlazonRizo
1. Coat of arms of family: Rizo
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Quarterly per saltire azure and argent, in the 1° a fleur-de-lys gules with two leaves vert.
Coat of arms of family Rizo in Spain. Source: "Heraldica de los apellidos canarios - Tomo segundo Lino Chaparro D'Acosta Estudios tecnicos del blason".
Coat of arms of family Rizo in Jerez de la Frontera. Source: "Repertorio de blasones de la comunidad hispanica - Apéndice. I" Vicente De Cadenas y Vicent Instituto Salazar y Castro.
Per saltire argent and gules, the 1° charged with a chestnut slipped and leaved of two, or.
Coat of arms of family Riccio, Rizzo or Ricci from Genoa (Albergo Grimaldi). Source: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.II, compiled by Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edited by "la direzione del giornale araldico", Pisa 1888.
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