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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Conti
Nobles in:Italia - Albania (Puglia - Calabria)
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The family is originally from Albania and settled in Italy in 1492 with Count Nicola Staif, who was the progenitor of his branches in Trani and Calabria. It belonged to the first nobility. In this he was the first baron of Falconara - Albanese Giuseppe - Antonio, who for his ferocity gave reason to the castellans to join his brother Andrea, who aspired to possess the fiefdom and rebel, setting the castle on a stormy night in 1600 Having escaped popular rage, Giuseppe-Antonio took refuge in the lands of Oriolo under the protection of that prince. In 1785 Giorgio - Carlantonio - Scipione - Franfesco - Ottaviano, the only descendant of the said Giuseppe Antonio, moved to Trinitapoli (in the province of Foggia) where he owned the vast lordships of S. Antonio, Cafagna, Russo and Postapiana, thus founding the family of Puglia still thriving. Other branch. It is a branch of the Armanni family from Perugia, and is believed to have taken the surname from the land of Staffolo, of which she was a lady. He has given illustrious men to his country at all times, among whom one should note an Armanno, who had the supreme command of the Pisan republic, and therefore of Perugia, to which Arezzo submitted in 1335; a Bartholomew supported the captaincy of the people of Pisa in 1394; a Cherubino, who subjugated many lands places around Orvieto and then Città della Pieve in the first half of the fifteenth century; and a Falcino count of S. Giuliano who was senator of Rome in 1413, and supported the trial court of Florence in 1416. Three were awarded the sacred purple: Rodolfo created by Honorius II Cardinal and then Bishop of Perugia; John created by Innocent II in 1143; and Theodoric created by Pope Alexander III. ...
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BlazonStaffa
1. Coat of arms of family: Staffa
Language of the text: Italiano
D'oro, al capriolo di rosso, caricato di tre stelle di sei raggi d'argento
Blasone della famiglia Staffa di Puglia e Calabria. Fonte bibliografica: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.II, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888.
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