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Variations Last name: de Guasto,de Wasto,del Vasto
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
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Vasto
Variations Last name: de Guasto,de Wasto,del Vasto
Ancient and noble family of Aleramic descent and Frankish origins, which acquired large territories in southern Piedmont, between Alessandria and Saluzzo, and in western Liguria. Their domains included Savona and part of the Langhe and the counties of Acqui and Bredulo. With the marriage of Adelasia with the Norman Ruggero d'Altavilla the (del) Vasto extended their domains also to some important Sicilian fiefdoms and, for a brief period, to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Marquis of Vasto (or de Wasto or de Guasto) originate from Anselmo, Aleramo's only son who survived his father. Given that the name of Vasto appears for the first time in two Barbarossa diplomas in 1162, the Marquis of Vasto are conventionally indicated by genealogists also with the title of Marquis of Western Liguria or Marquis of Savona. In addition to Adelaide, wife of the great Count Roggero from 1089, two sisters also moved to Sicily, ...
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.
BlazonVasto
Variations Last name: de Guasto,de Wasto,del Vasto
1. Coat of arms of family: Del Vasto
Language of the text: Italiano
Argent on a chief azure.
Coat of arms of family Vasto (del) in Piedmont. Sources: "Dai marchesi del Vasto ai primi marchesi di Saluzzo: sviluppi signorili entro quadri pubblici", Luigi Provero, 1992, Turin; "I marchesi di Saluzzo e i loro successori", Carlo Beltrami, 1885.
Coat of arms of family Vasto in Sicily. Source: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.III, comped by "Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza", edited by "la direzione del giornale araldico", Pisa 1888.
Coat of arms of family Vasto (del) in Calabria and Puglia. Source: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.III, comped by "Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza", edited by "la direzione del giornale araldico", Pisa 1888.
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