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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Francia
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Variations Last name: Menestrier
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
Ancient and very noble French family, of clear and ancestral virtue, which has spread over the centuries in various regions of France and the world. According to what is handed down to us, the Menetriers and the Menestriers are actually a single prosapia, divided into two distinct branches only in the eighteenth century. Proof of this is the fact that one of the most well-known characters of this family appears in the texts as both Menetrier and Menestrier. We are talking about the Jesuit scholar and heraldist Claude-François (Lyon 1631 - Paris 1705), author of very important heraldic treatises, widespread in Italy. His is the theory that heraldry derives exclusively from tournaments. He was also a renowned and esteemed numismatic expert and an antiquarian. On the other hand, this family has always stood out for the high moral and professional standing of its representatives. Numerous are the Menetriers, olim Menestriers, ...
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BlazonMenetrier
Variations Last name: Menestrier
1. Coat of arms of family: Menestrier
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azzurro, ad un leone d'oro tenente con la branca destra una staffa sospesa del medesimo.
Blasone di P. Menestrier o Menterier. Fonte bibliografica: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome II L-Z" p. 198.
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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