FAMILY BESDON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Besdon

Coat of arms and family crest of Besdon.

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

History and meaning for Besdon.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Besdon have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Besdon.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Besdon:

1) The origin of the family name Besdon.

2) The meaning of the family name Besdon.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Besdon.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Besdon.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Besdon:

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

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

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

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

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:

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* 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.

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

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

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* The family name Besdon 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/

Heraldry for family name Besdon as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Besdon

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Besdon:

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