Tocco

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Tocco is an Italian noble family name historically associated with ruling dynasties in regions of Greece and southern Italy.

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Tocco canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian noble family
associatedWithDynastyType Latin ruling dynasty in Greece
associatedWithPoliticalEntity County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Despotate of Epirus
coatOfArmsUsed heraldic arms of the Tocco family
countryOfOrigin Italy
dynasticContinuity maintained hereditary succession in titles
ethnicCulturalBackground Italian
familyNameLanguage Italian
governanceForm feudal lordship
governedTerritory County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Despotate of Epirus
Island of Leucada
Parts of the Ionian Sea region
Parts of western Greece
heldTitleIn Kingdom of Naples
Latin states in Greece
hereditaryStatus hereditary noble house
historicalContext Frankish and Latin principalities in medieval Greece
historicallyActiveInPeriod 15th century
Late Middle Ages
historicallyActiveInRegion Epirus
Greece
Ionian Islands
Southern Italy
historicalSignificance linked Italian and Greek aristocratic networks
played role in Latin rule over parts of Greece
intermarriedWith local Greek aristocracy
other Italian noble families
linkedRegionModernCountry Greece
Italy
nameUsage used as a noble family name
nobleTitleAssociatedWith Count of Kefalonia and Zakynthos
Despot of Epirus
Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
surface form: Duke of Leucada
notableBranch Tocco of Epirus
Tocco of Kefalonia
originatedAs feudal noble house
politicalRole feudal lords
regional rulers
religiousAffiliationHistorical Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
socialClass nobility
surnameCategory Italian-language surnames
Surnames of Italian origin
typeOfNobility landed nobility

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theodora Tocco familyName Tocco
Theodora familyName Tocco
subject surface form: Theodora Tocco