She was the daughter of Tommaso di Benvenuto da Pizzano ( Thomas de Pizan ; named for the family's origins in the town of Pizzano, south east of Bologna ), a physician, court astrologer, and Councillor of the Republic of Venice.

Occasionally, children of morganatic marriages have overcome their non-dynastic origins, succeeding to their family's estates.

Rae learned of his family's Jewish origins in 1968.

Details on the family's more distant origins remain uncertain: Iorga was widely reputed to be of partial Greek-Romanian descent ; the rumor, still credited by some commentators, was rejected by the historian.

The family's origins are not clear and there isn't yet a consensus among scholars.

The family's history and fame, as well as its putative Albanian origins, are mostly known to the Western readers from Princess Elena Ghica's memories, Gli Albanesi in Rumenia.

She and Julien also make it a point to do research on the Mayfair family, traveling to Europe together to learn more about the family's origins and possibly more about Lasher.

The arms of the Williams-Wynn family show an eagle with the Welsh motto " Eryr Eryrod Eryri " which translates into English as " The Eagle of Eagles of the Land of Eagles ", the " Land of Eagles " being Snowdonia and reflecting the family's origins in that part of Wales.

Despite the family's modest origins on the paternal side, the Ibelins during the 13th – 15th centuries were among the highest nobility in the Kingdom of Cyprus, producing brides for younger sons, grandsons and brothers of kings ( though the kings and eldest sons tended to find more royal wives ).

The origins of Goodrich Quality Theaters can be traced to 1930, when William Goodrich left his family's rubber manufacturing business in order to purchase the Savoy Theatre in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Do not include all your spare time or all your family's spare time -- only what you are willing to use for farm work.

Since that time there has been a series of pretenders, supporters of the Bonaparte family's claim to the throne of France are known as Bonapartists.

The trombone family's ancestor, the sackbut, and the folk instrument bazooka are also in the slide family.

The IKEA food concessions which operate in IKEA stores are still owned directly by the Kamprad family which provides a major part of the family's income.

If one family's house is destroyed the neighbours are committed to help rebuild.

The terms of the settlement are confidential, but it was reported that under its terms Davis purchased the McGah family's interest in the Raiders ( approximately 31 percent ), which gave him for the first time a majority interest, speculated to be approximately 67 percent of the team.

In Japan, there are " branch kilns " ( wakigama ), in the raku-ware tradition, that have been founded by Raku-family members or potters who apprenticed at the head family's studio.

The log has to burn all night and it is believed that its warmth and light symbolise the coming of Christ as well as providing a warm welcome to Virgin Mary and the family's ancestors who are believed to be guests at the table according to traditions in some regions.

For instance, basketball team members are chosen based on their family's economic status rather than on their ability.

To this day the family's shield bears a white horse rising from the waves .. Based on the above, in Cornish author Craig Weatherhill's The Lyonesse Stone trilogy ( The Lyonesse Stone, Seat of Storms, The Tinners ' Way ), the Trevelyan family, drawn into the worlds of ancient Cornish legend, are direct descendants of the Lyonesse flood survivor.

The other main players of the show are Cooter Davenport, who in very early episodes was seen to be a wild, unshaven rebel, often breaking or treading on the edge of the law, before settling down and becoming much more laid-back, and who owns the local garage and is the Duke family's best friend ( he is often referred to as an " honorary Duke "), and Enos Strate, an honest but naive young Deputy who often finds his morals conflicted as he is reluctantly forced to take part in Hogg and Rosco's crooked schemes.

It would appear that " Things " are common among the family's associates.

Even minor characters like Prentice's grandmother, the fictional town of Gallanach, and his family's home in Lochgair are carefully described, giving Prentice's life depth and context.

The true identity of Goole is never explained, but it is clear that the family's confessions over the course of the evening are true, and that they will be disgraced publicly when news of their involvement in Eva's demise is revealed.

Before carrying out his scheme, Montresor reveals his family's coat-of-arms to the intended victim: " A huge human foot d ' or, in a field azure ; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.

Extant Farrand private gardens in the eastern U. S. are: the Bliss family's Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown, Washington, D. C .; the Harkness summer home ' Eolia ' in Waterford, Connecticut ( 1918 – 1924 )-now preserved as the Harkness Memorial State Park ; and the Rockefellers ' estate ' The Eyrie ' in Seal Harbor, Maine.

Pellucid glands, a type of oil containing cavities, are found on the leaves responsible for the aromatic smell of the family's members ; traditionally they have been the primary synapomorphic characteristic to identify the Rutaceae.

Four generations of the family's artifacts are contained within the museum, located at 33 South Street in Auburn.

The Patterson Cemetery, where several generations of the family are buried, in the eastern section of the town marks the location of the family's original settlement site.

The suite of rooms in which Victoria stayed are now part of the family's private apartments but the suite of bedroom furniture made for her is on display.

For most of the year the family's private apartments at Lismore are available to rent by groups of up to twenty-three visitors.

The family's burial plots are located in Slate Hill Cemetery, one of the oldest Quaker burial grounds in the state.

The family's Henry County plantations included still extant Beaver Creek Plantation and Hordsville, as well as plantations at Marrowbone, Magna Vista, Leatherwood, Camp Branch and Shawnee, which are no longer standing.

The neighbors are upset and the family's upset, and would you do something about it.

They are then seated around a table set with the family's best silverware and china, and served a variety of courses, sometimes being literally spoon-fed by the senior members of the family, while the Novena to St. Joseph is recited at a nearby temporary altar.

Inability to care for the other children, difficulty in feeding the babies, who seemed colicky, bone-weary fatigue, repeated crying episodes, and short tempers reflected the family's helplessness in coping with the stressful situation.

Mr. Clifton would have preferred death and bankruptcy to having his son stay with his wife's people without contributing to his and his family's upkeep, and besides that there were the things that had to be bought for the baby, milk and orange juice and vitamins and soap, just plain soap.

The money was secured by the act of his mother placing a $ 500 mortgage on the family's $ 700 home, but the opportunity was only available because of Carnegie's close relationship with Scott.

The Monforts were former executives with ConAgra, which acquired their family's meatpacking and distribution firm in 1987.

In the future of the Legion of Super-Heroes, his secret identity is historical fact, with exhibits at a Superman Museum depicting the hero and his friends and family's adventures.

Homer leaves the orphanage, and returns with them to Ocean View Orchards ( Wally's family's orchard ) in Heart's Rock, near the Maine Coast.

He had a small, basic golf facility installed at Camp David, and became close friends with the Augusta National Chairman Clifford Roberts, inviting Roberts to stay at the White House on several occasions ; Roberts, an investment broker, also handled the Eisenhower family's investments.

It contains the Dutch royal family's burial vault, which between funerals is sealed with a 5000 kg cover stone.

It was a rags-to-riches romance comedy about a Jewish family's upward mobility in New York City, with their son later trying to deny his Jewish roots in order to keep his rich gentile girlfriend.

He enrolled in Pennsylvania State College to study journalism but the economic crash obliged him to seek employment to help with the family's finances.

In the same year, at the age of 21, he composed his Mass, which marks the culmination of his family's long association with church music in his native Lucca.

They quickly made friends with Hollywood insider ( and fellow Ivy Leaguer ) Allan Dwan, but Hawks landed his first important job when he used his family's wealth to loan money to studio head Jack Warner.

Training to become an engineer was beyond the family's financial resources, but he reached his goal via a path that alternated education with paid employment.

He had long worked to save money and secure his family's future with real estate.

He traveled with the family's Quaker lawyer to the Audubon family farm Mill Grove.

After he died in 1624, his son Anton took over the family business ; Anton oversaw a gunsmithing operation during the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 48 ), which was the first instance of the family's long association with arms manufacturing.

He grew up on the family's pastoral properties and was educated at Glamorgan ( now part of Geelong Grammar School ) and Melbourne Grammar School, before completing a degree in philosophy, politics and economics (" Modern Greats ") at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1952, where he became friendly with future Canadian Prime Minister John Turner.

In May 1990, Dag Drollet, the Tahitian lover of Brando's daughter Cheyenne, died of a gunshot wound after a confrontation with Cheyenne's half-brother Christian at the family's hilltop home above Beverly Hills.

After Carlo's death, he enlarged the family's tenure with lands inherited by his wife, another Orsini from Salerno, and most of all he was amongst the favourites of Ferdinand I of Naples, who appointed him as Great Connestable of Naples.

In accordance with the family's tradition, Robert and his younger brother Archibald were predestined for careers in the armed services.

The family's leader, Feodor Nikitich Romanov, was exiled to the Antoniev Siysky Monastery and forced to take monastic vows with the name Filaret.

Shields were round or triangular, made of wood, covered with leather, and protected by an iron band ; the shields of knights and nobles would bear the family's coat of arms.

Mares ' unexpected death at the age of 45 in 1864 placed Percy Neame, at the age of 28, as the stronger partner with Henry Shepherd, and with the challenge left to him in Mares ' successful expansion programme he brought the Faversham Brewery well into the Neame family's dominion.

While she usually takes her family's problems with good humor, in " Homer Alone " ( season three, 1992 ), her workload and resultant stress caused her to have a mental breakdown.