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Altoviti
Variations Last name: Altovita

Nobles: Italia (Toscana - Lazio)
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

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Altoviti
ref: 48708

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Di nero, al lupo rampante d' argento armato e linguato di rosso. Cimiero: Un vecchio in profilo con lunga barba, nascente che tiene con ambe le mani un nastro su cui sta scritto: Et avi numeraistur avorum.

Altoviti
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Blazon:
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Di nero, al lupo rampante d'argento.

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ALTOVITI

Absolutely rare, probably of Longobard origins that later settled in Florence, it should derive from the Lombard name Altowido; noble family present in Florence since 1100 it had lordship over the Valdarno they became Marchesi with the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Ferdinando II °.

Bibliographic source "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/

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