FAMILY AMENZAGA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Amenzaga

Coat of arms and family crest of Amenzaga.

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

History and meaning for Amenzaga.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Amenzaga:

1) The origin of the family name Amenzaga.

2) The meaning of the family name Amenzaga.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Amenzaga.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Amenzaga.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Amenzaga 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 Amenzaga:

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* Heraldry of Lekeitio.

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Amenzaga are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Amenzaga, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Amenzaga, and origin for the family name Amenzaga, nobiliary titles of the family name Amenzaga and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Amenzaga appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Amenzaga appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Amenzaga alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Amenzaga, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Amenzaga, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Amenzaga.

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

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

* 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.

* WOLF: The Wolf is 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.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

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

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

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

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

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

* The family name Amenzaga 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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