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Groups

Uberti

The Uberti were one of the forty families referenced by Dante in Paradiso 16.88-139 as great in his grandfather Cacciaguida's day, but by his time diminished: "per che non dee parer mirabil cosa / ciò ch'io dirò de li alti Fiorentini / onde è la fama nel tempo nascosa." (‘Then it should not seem strange or marvelous to you / to hear me talk of noble Florentines / whose fame is buried in the depth of time. Hollander trans.) Only mentioned indirectly as "those now undone by pride." (Oh quali io vidi quei che son disfatti." According to Carroll, they were exiled from Florence in 1258 and forbidden to return.

Alternate Names

  • Mancini Uberti

Heraldry Information

Partito: nel 1° d'oro all'aquila di nero uscente dalla partizione; nel 2° scaccato d'oro e d'azzurro. (della Scala)

Group Type
Held One or More Priorates? no
Ceramelli Number 4737
Branded Magnate? yes
Malespini Lineage yes
Dante Lineage yes
Villani Lineage yes
Molho Rank Not Listed
Padgett Rank Magnate
Padgett Lineage no
Litchfield Lineage no
Database ID 596

Memorials (2 total)

S. Croce 0 1439
S. Croce 0 1439

Sources (7 total)