FAMILY ASTURIAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Asturias

Coat of arms and family crest of Asturias.

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

History and meaning for Asturias.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Asturias:

1) The origin of the family name Asturias.

2) The meaning of the family name Asturias.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Asturias.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Asturias.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Asturias has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

Persons with the name Asturias proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Asturias (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Heraldica de los apellidos canarios, by Lino Chaparro D`Acosta.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* Heraldica de los apellidos asturianos, by Francisco Sarandeses.

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Asturias, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Asturias corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Asturias of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Asturias 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 Asturias. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Asturias.

The history and heraldry of the family name Asturias appears in the book "Heraldica de los apellidos asturianos" by Francisco Sarandeses Perez. Here the lineage Asturias It is found together with its heraldry in Asturias. This book is the fruit of more than 10 years of tireless work, of many excursions throughout the Asturian geography, crossing valleys, mountains, hamlets, places, villages, towns and cities, searching and searching in the most isolated corners that house that had a shield on its facade, like those of the lineage of the family name Asturias, which led him to possess a formidable photographic archive on Asturian heraldry. It is a must for all those who want to undertake the study of Asturian heraldry. The heraldry and history of the name Asturias appears here very well documented.

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

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

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* CAULDRON: The Cauldrons along with other vessels: cups, jugs and kettles, which were used to handle victuals, were formerly the Richman brand.

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

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

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