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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles - Knights - Lords
Nobles in:France
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Variations Last name: Savigné
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
The Savigné family is one of the oldest and most respected noble lineages of Provence, with deep roots in Marseille, a city that in the Middle Ages was a center of trade, power, and culture. Its antiquity is attested by the fact that already before the 13th century it had adopted its own coat of arms, an unmistakable sign of recognition and social distinction. This was a characteristic found only among families of ancient nobility, who possessed lands, rights, and privileges that ensured them a leading role in the society of their time. The presence of the house is certified by documents and heraldic works of great value. It appears in the Armorial général de France, also known as the "Armorial d’Hozier", commissioned by Louis XIV in 1696, a monumental collection of coats of arms in which Pierre Savigne, royal courtier, is mentioned. The same reference is found in the "Armorial de la Ville de Marseille", compiled by order of the Sun King and published for the first time in 1864 by Count Godefroy de Montgrand, as well as in ...
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.
BlazonSavigne
Variations Last name: Savigné
1. Crest of family: Savigne, Savigné
Language of the text: English
Azure, a lion or, over all on a bend gules three billets argent.
Source: "Armorial de la Provence, du comtat Venaissin, de la principauté d'Orange, des baronnies, du Gapençais, de l'Embrunois du Briançonnais et du Comté de Nice" by Séverin Icard, Marseille 1933.
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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
