FAMILY ALVAREZ PRADA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Alvarez prada

Coat of arms and family crest of Alvarez prada.

Genealogy of family Alvarez prada, origin of Alvarez prada, provenance of the family name Alvarez prada.

History and meaning for Alvarez prada.

Alvarez prada 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 Alvarez prada an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The surname Alvarez prada is a Spanish SURNAME, compound derived from the surname ALVAREZ, from which we derive the link to the surname Alvarez (in Spanish language).

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Alvarez prada:

1) The origin of the family name Alvarez prada.

2) The meaning of the family name Alvarez prada.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Alvarez prada.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Alvarez prada.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Alvarez prada 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 Alvarez prada. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Alvarez prada.

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:

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

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

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

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

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* 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.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* The family name Alvarez prada 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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