A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Dicarlo family of Italy.
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)“Coupé d'arg. sur sin.; l'arg. ch. en bas d'une trangle entée de gu., les parties saillantes br. sur le sin.”
The Dicarlo arms were recorded in Vérone, c. 1775.
This is where the arms were entered in the register. Families often moved to other parts of the country, so the same name can turn up in more than one region.
The body that granted and recorded arms in Italy in this period.
Reigning in Italy when the Dicarlo arms are first recorded.
In the Italian states, coats of arms were often used by noble families to show their status and history. These symbols were passed down through the generations to all legitimate male descendants. Younger branches of a family usually kept the original design but sometimes added small changes to distinguish their specific line from the main branch.
The family name Di Carlo is a patronymic surname, which means it originated as a way to identify someone as the son of a man named Carlo. While the name is found throughout Italy, the branch of the family established in Verona by 1775 reflects the historical movement of families across the Italian peninsula during the late eighteenth century. At that time, Verona was a significant cultural and administrative hub under the influence of the Republic of Venice. Families living in the city during this period were often involved in the local merchant guilds or agricultural management of the surrounding Veneto region. By settling in Verona, the early members of this family became part of the city’s long tradition of urban craftsmanship and civic life, helping to shape the social fabric of the territory before the major political shifts of the Napoleonic era.
A Latin name derived from the Germanic word for a free man.
