FAMILY BAELEN (VAN): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Baelen (van)

Coat of arms and family crest of Baelen (van).

Genealogy of family Baelen (van), origin of Baelen (van), provenance of the family name Baelen (van).

History and meaning for Baelen (van).

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Baelen (van).

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Baelen (van).

The surname Baelen (van) most likely originates from the NETHERLANDS.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Baelen (van):

1) The origin of the family name Baelen (van).

2) The meaning of the family name Baelen (van).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Baelen (van).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Baelen (van).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Baelen (van):

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

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Baelen (van) 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 Baelen (van), 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 Baelen (van), and origin for the family name Baelen (van), nobiliary titles of the family name Baelen (van) and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Baelen (van) appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Baelen (van) 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 Baelen (van) alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Baelen (van), most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Baelen (van), 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 Baelen (van).

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

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

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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.

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

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* The family name Baelen (van) 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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