The House of Colleoni was a Guelf-allied noble family in medieval Bergamo. Their Ghibelline opponents were the Suardi family, of which the Colleoni themselves were a branch.1
History
The family's coat of arms was two pairs of white testicles on a red field, above one red pair on a white field.2
See also
See also
- A Gun for Sale – 1936 novel by Graham Greene
- Palazzo Colleoni alla Pace
- Cappella Colleoni
- Bartolomeo Colleoni
References
References
- Families: Colleoni (Accessed December 2024) https://www.difamigliainfamiglia.it/en/famiglia/colleoni/
- Simons, Patricia (2011-10-13). The Sex of Men in Premodern Europe: A Cultural History. Cambridge University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-107-00491-7.