FAMILY ALMUIÑA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name AlmuiƱa

Coat of arms and family crest of AlmuiƱa.

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

History and meaning for AlmuiƱa.

AlmuiƱa is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name AlmuiƱa an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The family name AlmuiƱa is of SPANISH origin, since the letter Ƒ is typical of Spain, although in Latin America many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Otomi, Quechua, Aymara, Mapuche and Guarani also have with the Ƒ

SEVEN things you should know about the family name AlmuiƱa:

1) The origin of the family name AlmuiƱa.

2) The meaning of the family name AlmuiƱa.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name AlmuiƱa.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name AlmuiƱa.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Galicia (Spain).

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

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

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The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name AlmuiƱa 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 AlmuiƱa so the AlmuiƱa or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

It may be helpful for those with the name AlmuiƱa to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name AlmuiƱa It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name AlmuiƱa can have graphic variants.

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

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

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

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

* 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.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

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

* The family name AlmuiƱa 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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