FAMILY BIZCARRAGA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Bizcarraga

Coat of arms and family crest of Bizcarraga.

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

History and meaning for Bizcarraga.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Bizcarraga 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 Bizcarraga.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Bizcarraga:

1) The origin of the family name Bizcarraga.

2) The meaning of the family name Bizcarraga.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Bizcarraga.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Bizcarraga.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Extension of Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica by Endika de Mogrobejo.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Bizcarraga 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 Bizcarraga. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Bizcarraga.

It may be helpful for those with the name Bizcarraga 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 Bizcarraga 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 Bizcarraga 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

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

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

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

* HEART: The Heart is a symbol of Vigilant Vassal. In its fiery color, it demonstrates Warmth of mind and loving expression of Affection.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

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

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

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

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* The family name Bizcarraga 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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