FAMILY BELLEFROID: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Bellefroid

Coat of arms and family crest of Bellefroid.

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

History and meaning for Bellefroid.

Bellefroid 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 Bellefroid 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 Bellefroid:

1) The origin of the family name Bellefroid.

2) The meaning of the family name Bellefroid.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Bellefroid.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Bellefroid.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Bellefroid, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Bellefroid corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Bellefroid of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

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

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) 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:

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

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

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

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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

* The family name Bellefroid 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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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Bellefroid:

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