Alemani coat of arms explained

Alemani
Color:	3333ff
Color Text:	ffd900
Alternative Names:	Alamani,^[1] Alameni, Allemani
Earliest Mention:	1455
Families:	Alamenus, Alemani, Limanowski, Rudelewicz
Divisions Type:	Gminas

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

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this Coat of Arms include:

• Dominik Alemani

See also

• Polish heraldry
• Heraldic family

Bibliography

• Józef Szymański: Herbarz rycerstwa polskiego z XVI wieku. Warszawa: DiG, 2001. . str. 7
• Barbara Trelińska: Album armorum nobilium Regni Poloniae XV-XVIII saec.. Lublin: Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, 2001. . 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. .

External links

• http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyklopedia_staropolska/Alemani
• http://gajl.wielcy.pl/herby_nazwiska.php?lang=pl&herb=alemani

Notes and References

1. Józef Szymański: Herbarz rycerstwa polskiego z XVI wieku. Warszawa: DiG, 2001. . str. 7
2. Barbara Trelińska: Album armorum nobilium Regni Poloniae XV-XVIII saec.. Lublin: Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, 2001. . str. 151-152