THE FOUNDERS
COAT OF ARMS: red with running hound collared in gold, flanked by two silver bands
CREST: hound rising from the field between two red profiles, each edged by two silver bands
RESIDENCES: Cavareno (TN) and Calvagese Riviera (BS)
Our forefathers:
This family of ancient Moravian origin settled in the Trentino area in the XV century. In October 1537, Giovanni, Antonio, Nicolò De Zinis obtain a title of nobility of Tirolo by Cardinal Bernardo, Prince and Bishop of Trento. The title was confirmed by the Emperor Ferdinando on the 30th of September 1560 and recorded in the book of nobility of the Tirolo region. In Prague, on the 31st of December 1584 the Emperor Rodolfo II gave the noble title of Equerry of the Sacred Roman Empire to the brothers Giovanni, Antonio, Pietro, Giacomo De Zinis