FAMILY BALTIERRA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Baltierra

Coat of arms and family crest of Baltierra.

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

History and meaning for Baltierra.

Baltierra 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 Baltierra 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 Baltierra:

1) The origin of the family name Baltierra.

2) The meaning of the family name Baltierra.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Baltierra.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Baltierra.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Aragon (Spain).

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

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

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

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

* Diccionario de Heraldica Aragonesa, by Bizen Do Rio Martinez.

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For many years, many authors, among which Bizen Do Rio Martinez, tried to collect in protocols, salutes, signatures and other documents, many blazons of Aragon, among which are those of the family name Baltierra, that presents the great work of this author "Dictionary of Aragonese Heraldry", which in many cases, have also been proven in churches, hermitages and cemeteries. All have been carefully recorded and above all, with its proven provenance. Centuries of history have shaped these blazons, among which are those of the family name Baltierra and throughout the Aragonese geography we can admire mansions and facades that still conserve the armeros stones that emblazon the lineage of the ancient infanzons, in most cases today inhabited by descendants of those hidalgos, such as the name Baltierra. Our infanzons, as surely the Baltierra, conscious of their duty and displaying the nobility of their race, they often promoted their troops at their expense and, leaving their homes and estates, set out to reconquer, enlarging the Aragonese kingdom and conforming with his effort and sacrifice what would later be the Crown of Aragon. Here we also have the heraldry and history of the name Baltierra.

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

The family name Baltierra appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Baltierra has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Baltierra arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Baltierra are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Baltierra are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Baltierra have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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

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

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

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* 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.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

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

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

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