FAMILY COCQUIEL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Cocquiel

Coat of arms and family crest of Cocquiel.

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

History and meaning for Cocquiel.

We know that the family name Cocquiel 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 Cocquiel:

1) The origin of the family name Cocquiel.

2) The meaning of the family name Cocquiel.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cocquiel.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cocquiel.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 Cocquiel:

Name Cocquiel

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Cocquiel. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Cocquiel and the history and origin for the family name Cocquiel in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Cocquiel

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

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

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

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

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

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:

* LEBREL: The Lebrels denote Burning and Courage in undertaking dangers, with such decision, that they need to contain their effort. The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* :

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

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

Related Words: Cocquiel family crest | Origin of the name Cocquiel | Genealogy of the family Cocquiel | Heraldry of the name Cocquiel | Coat of arms of Cocquiel | Genealogy of the Cocquiel | Origin of the Cocquiel | Meaning of the name Cocquiel.

Cocquiel

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

Cocquiel

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Cocquerie (de la) | Go to name Cocquiel | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests