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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Conti
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Originally from German Tyrol where since the 11th century it was a feudal lord of the valleys of Mesch and Venosta and was known under the name of the Counts of Mesch. An Egano, feudal lord in 1080 of the aforementioned valleys, is the first of the family who is invested in Valtellina with fiefdoms and important countries bordering on the German countries. These investitures are attributed to Emperor Henry IV, and included the parish churches of Mazzo and Villa with various rights over Bormio, Poschiavo and other border lands. Artuico, son of the previous one, fortified the lands he posited in Valtellina with castles, sustained a long struggle with the Curia di Como because of the investitures. Bishop Ardizzone waged war against him and besieged him in his castle in Pedenale; but after various events a peace was marked in 1150 with which the Curia recognized Artuico most of ...
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The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
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