| Alemani | |
|---|---|
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| Alternative name(s) | Alamani,[1] Alameni, Allemani |
| Earliest mention | 1455 |
| Families | 4 names Alamenus, Alemani, Limanowski, Rudelewicz |
Alemani is a Polish nobility coat of arms originated from Italy.
History
The Alemani coat of arms was a family crest brought to Poland from Italy by Dominik Allemani who received an Indygenat (recognition of foreign status as a noble) from King of Poland Zygmunt August on 19 April 1566. Dominik Allemani became a stolnik of Lublin and starost of Nowe Miasto[2]
Blazon
<Azure, two bends or impaling argent three pellets two and one. Crest: issuant from a crest coronet or a demi-maiden habited azure, crined or, wearing a wreath vert and holding in her dexter hand a wreath of the same, her sinister hand resting on her hip. Mantled dexter or and azure, sinister sable and argent.>
Notable bearers
Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:
- Dominik Alemani
See also
- Polish heraldry
- Heraldic family
- List of Polish nobility coats of arms
Bibliography
- Józef Szymański: Herbarz rycerstwa polskiego z XVI wieku. Warszawa: DiG, 2001. ISBN 83-7181-217-5. str. 7
- Barbara Trelińska: Album armorum nobilium Regni Poloniae XV-XVIII saec.. Lublin: Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, 2001. ISBN 83-227-1715-6. str. 151-152
- Tadeusz Gajl: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. ISBN 978-83-60597-10-1.
External links
- http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyklopedia_staropolska/Alemani
- http://gajl.wielcy.pl/herby_nazwiska.php?lang=pl&herb=alemani