FAMILY BALTANAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Baltanas

Coat of arms and family crest of Baltanas.

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

History and meaning for Baltanas.

We know that the family name Baltanas has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Baltanas:

1) The origin of the family name Baltanas.

2) The meaning of the family name Baltanas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Baltanas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Baltanas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Baltanas has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Baltanas proved their chivalry in this institution.

It is known that the Baltanas have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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

The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Baltanas appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Baltanas so the Baltanas or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Baltanas has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Baltanas and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Baltanas have some different spelling.

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

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

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:

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

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

* 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.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

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