Valentina History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Valentina family

The surname Valentina was first found in Vicenza, anciently known as Vicetia, a town in Venetia, capital of the province of Vicenza. It was conquered by the Venetians in 1405. It has many beautiful palaces and churches, galleries and museums. The cathedral is Gothic. The original church SS.Felice e Fortunato was built in 975 but has been much altered. It is notable for its development painters, architects, sculptors and scholars. Natives were Trissino, Palladio, Pigafetta, Fogazzaro, Mantegna, Montagna, Speranza, Scamozzi and Buoncosiglio. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry. The name is first mentioned in the year 1200 in Vicenza.

Early History of the Valentina family

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Valentina Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Valenti, Vajenti, Vaienti, Valent, Valente, Valentic, Valentich, Valentin, Valentineli, Valentuzzi and many more.

Early Notables of the Valentina family

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Migration of the Valentina family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Anna Valente, who came to New York city in 1895; Gundenzio Valenti, who arrived in California in 1893; Abigall Valentia, who arrived in Jamaica 1744, as well as Joseph Valenti, who came to Seneca Falls, New York some time between 1884-1915..

Contemporary Notables of the name Valentina (post 1700) +

Valentina Platonovna Polukhina (1936-2022), British-Russian scholar, Emeritus Professor at Keele University, and the widow of Daniel Weissbort, recipient of the A. C. Benson Medal and the Medal of Pushkin
Valentina Vasilyevna Sidorova (1954-2021), Soviet fencer who won a gold medal in the women's team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Valentina Aleksandrovna Prudskova (1938-2020), Soviet fencer who won gold in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Valentina Scaglia (b. 1979), Italian ballet dancer, winner of the Prix Espoir, Prix de Lausanne in 1995
Valentina Olivia Violeta Wallner (b. 1990), Swedish ice hockey goaltender
Valentina Vezzali (b. 1974), Italian Olympic fencer who won six gold, one sliver, and two bronze at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 games
Valentina Massi (b. 1983), Italian model, Miss Universo Italia 2007
Valentina Cortese (b. 1923), Italian film actress
Valentina Vadimovna Popova (b. 1972), Russian weightlifter
Valentina Vargas (b. 1964), Chilean-born French actress