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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 30th October
2013. Registration No.
0283 (Vol.2)..
Arms:
Per fess Or and Gules,
in chief and eagle
displayed Sable armed
and langued Gules and
crowned Sable and in
base a castle triple
towered Or masoned Sable
windows and port of the
Last.
Crest:
none
Motto:
Spes Mea In Deo
Matriculated:
The Court of the Lord
Lyon 20th August 1996.
Lyon Register. Volume
74, folio 37.
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These
arms have been used by
the armiger’s family for
several centuries and as
at present there is no
official body in Italy
which can certify arms
the armiger had them
confirmed to his name by
the Spanish Cronista Rey
de Armas (King of Arms)
on the 7th July 1995 and
then petitioned the Lord
Lyon to have them
matriculated in
Scotland.
The armiger has traced
his family to the
thirteenth century
originating from
Piemonte. From there one
line moved to France,
one line to Biella and
Aosta, and another to
the region of Como. All
the lines were nobles
under various rulers and
each line used different
arms. The armiger’s line
went to live in Republic
of Genoa in the year
1250 and in the
sixteenth century moved
to a small town in the
province of La Spezia,
Ponzo.
In Italian heraldry the
chief of a shield often
indicates a former
political allegiance, a
black crowned eagle on a
gold field signified
allegiance to the Holy
Roman Emperor.
Originally the eagle in
the arms was totally
black, however the Lord
Lyon chose to difference
the arms by blazoning
the eagle as armed and
langued Gules for the
matriculated. This chief
known as "Capo d'Impero"
also indicates an
allegiance to the
"Ghibellines".
Whilst crests and mottos
are common throughout
Italy the armiger has
not found any traces of
his family using either
and so did not ask for
any to be matriculated
in Scotland; he has
however recently adopted
a motto for use in
Italy.
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