FAMILY ABRALDES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Abraldes

Coat of arms and family crest of Abraldes.

Genealogy of family Abraldes, origin of Abraldes, provenance of the family name Abraldes.

History and meaning for Abraldes.

We know that the family name Abraldes has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Abraldes:

1) The origin of the family name Abraldes.

2) The meaning of the family name Abraldes.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Abraldes.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Abraldes.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Abraldes have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Abraldes:

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Abraldes appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Abraldes. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Abraldes.

The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Abraldes appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Abraldes so the Abraldes or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

2) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

3) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

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