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Ancient and noble family, that would descend from the historical lineage of Caracciolo, the branch of the family known as "Rossi", then nicknamed "Carafa" because, in the thirteenth century, its members were dealers of the tax on wine commonly called, in fact, "campione della carafa". A second tradition links the family to a noble knight from Pisa of the Sismondi family, who saved the life of the Emperor Henry IV by throwing himself between him and the blade of a attacker. The king, hugging him, would have said "Cara fè m’è la vostra", from which the surname "Carafa". A further hypothesis, finally, bring them back to the Polish house of Korczak, that settled in Italy around the year 1000. The family genealogy is ascertained by the twelfth century with the founder Gregory called "de Caraffa", in all probability the son of Giovanni Caracciolo. The family was then divided into two ...
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.
BlazonCarafa English
Coat of arms of family
Language of the text: Italiano
Argent, three fess gules, a scale behind the base proper.
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