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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Italia (Regno di Sicilia)
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Variations Last name: Raja
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
Ancienne et très noble maison du Royaume des Deux-Siciles, connue sous le nom de Raia ou Raja, de vertu claire et ancestrale, répandue au cours des siècles dans diverses régions d'Italie. Selon ce que rapporte Crollalanza dans son ouvrage héraldique fondamental : "Dictionnaire historico-blasonique des familles nobles et notables italiennes éteintes et florissantes", publié à Pise en 1886 en trois volumes de plus de 1400 pages, cette famille est originaire de la ville de Gênes. Un Lodovico et un Giorgio, en effet, à la suite du roi Alphonse, se rendirent au royaume de Naples d'où leurs descendants passèrent ensuite en Sicile. Nicolò et Giampaolo sont connus comme châtelains de Castroreale. Et de fait cette famille jouissait de la noblesse tant dans la ville de Messine que dans celle de Palerme. Nous nous souvenons d'un Jean qui était sénateur de cette dernière ville en 1445-46. Peut-être est-il lui-même ce Giovanni qui, en tant qu'époux de Tuzia Lo Presti, obtint l'investiture du moulin gabelle (Centimoli) sur le territoire de Castrogiovanni le 14 novembre 1467. Par la suite, un Leto épousa Fiordiligi Collotorto, qui lui apporta le fief Gasba en dot ; a Bernardo, d'autre part, possédait le fief Vigna del Re au XVIIe siècle.D'une analyse chromatique et symbolique de l'arme de la famille, nous pouvons finalement obtenir ... ...
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BlazonRaia
Variations Last name: Raja
1. Coat of arms of family: Raia
Language of the text: Italiano
D’azzurro, al raggio solare d’oro posto in palo.
Blasone della famiglia Raia o Raja. Fonti bibliografiche: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" vol.II, pag. 396, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1888; "Nobiliario di Sicilia" di Antonio Mango di Casalgerardo (Palermo, A. Reber, 1912) custodito presso la biblioteca centrale della regione Sicilia; "Blasone In Sicilia ossia Raccolta Araldica" V. Palizzolo Gravina, Palermo 1871-75.
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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