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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Baroni
Nobles in:Italia (Puglia - Sicilia)
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From the research carried out at the Heraldic Office of the Italian Genealogical Institute, it turns out that the Traversa family has left ancient memories in Sicily since the fourteenth century. Of this noble family we note Galvano who obtained from the king Ludwig the concession of the fief of Gasba; Nicolò owned under the king Federico the Simple, the lands called Finocchiara; a master Bartolomeo of Agrigento, who owned lands called Burgu, Calicabilia, Delisive, Diludeli, Gibilcari and others under the same king. Orlando owned the fiefdoms of Misilini and Tinogni. Antonio, from Messina, master notary of the treasury of the kingdom in 1398. Nicolò patrician of Catania in the years 1414-15, 1420-21; Antonio, senator in said city in the first half of the fifteenth century. Guglielmo, Mazziotta, Francesco and Cristoforo were also senators. Orlando had the fief of Rigilifi which he sold in 1505. A branch is also present ...
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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.
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BlazonTraversa
1. Coat of arms of family: Traversa
Language of the text: Italiano
Di rosso alla sbarra d'oro accompagnata da tre stelle d'argento, poste due nel capo ed una in punta.
Fonti bibliografiche: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol. terzo, pag. 41, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1890; "Nobiliario di Sicilia" di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912) custodito presso la biblioteca centrale della regione Sicilia.
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