There is confusion in the sources over the identity of the Bonaparte (Buonaparte) family and their arms. Tombs in Santo Spirito and Santissima Annunziata are recorded by Stefano Rosselli with the same coat of arms (gules, bendlets argent, two stars of the same), a variation of which seems to decorate the marker of Gianni di Bonaparte at Santa Croce. Oddly, this latter tomb is recorded in the 1596 and Rosselli sepoltuari as azure, a chevron argent, a configuration not found on any other Bonaparte tombs. The blue shield with gold chevron and three stars, which appears on a tomb in San Pancrazio, is catalogued here as a separate family even though the Ceramelli Papiani archive puts them together with the others.
1. Di rosso, alla gemella in banda d'argento, accompagnata da due stelle a sei (o otto) punte dello stesso, 1.1, i.e.
Red shield with a pair of thin silver diagonals from upper left to lower right (bendlets) framed by two six- or eight-point silver stars; also as a shield with a bend (diagonal from upper left to lower right) framed by two six-point stars
2. D'azzurro, allo scaglione d'argento, i.e.
Blue with a silver chevron, or broad, inverted V-shape
| Group Type | |
|---|---|
| Held One or More Priorates? | no |
| Ceramelli Number | 802 |
| Branded Magnate? | no |
| Malespini Lineage | no |
| Dante Lineage | no |
| Villani Lineage | no |
| Molho Rank | Not Listed |
| Padgett Rank | Not in dataset |
| Padgett Lineage | Not in dataset |
| Litchfield Lineage | no |
| Database ID | 3002 |
| ASF, Ceramelli Papiani Online | fasc. 802 |
| ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) | pp. 21, no. 4; 402, no. 25 |
| ASF, Manoscritti, 625, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) | pp. 1292, no. 107 |
