FAMILY ACORTUA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Acortua

Coat of arms and family crest of Acortua.

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

History and meaning for Acortua.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Acortua.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Acortua.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Acortua:

1) The origin of the family name Acortua.

2) The meaning of the family name Acortua.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Acortua.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Acortua.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Lekeitio (Vizcaya, Spain).

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

* Heraldry of Lekeitio.

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The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Acortua appears in some or some books of the wide heraldic library of the Heraldry & Crests ( https://www.heraldrycrests.com ). In this web of the surname Acortua some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Acortua in parochial records of baptisms, marriages and deaths.

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

2) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

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

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

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

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* The family name Acortua appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Acortua as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Acortua

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