FAMILY ADRAO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Adrao

Coat of arms and family crest of Adrao.

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

History and meaning for Adrao.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Adrao:

1) The origin of the family name Adrao.

2) The meaning of the family name Adrao.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Adrao.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Adrao.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Adrao, 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 Adrao corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Adrao of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The family name Adrao appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his book "Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica", work that includes more than 5,000 heraldic coats of arms, among which is the family name Adrao with its heraldry and origin, whose data have been extracted from personal files, military passports, unpublished nobility, ex libris, data from private archives and other documents. In summary, people with the surname Adrao they have carried out some test of nobility and there are official coat of arms and crests of Adrao certified by King of Arms.

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

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:

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

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

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* The family name Adrao 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/

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