FAMILY COLANDREA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Colandrea

Coat of arms and family crest of Colandrea.

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

History and meaning for Colandrea.

We know that the family name Colandrea 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 Colandrea:

1) The origin of the family name Colandrea.

2) The meaning of the family name Colandrea.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Colandrea.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Colandrea.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Colandrea, 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 Colandrea corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Colandrea of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The family name Colandrea appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his book "Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica", work that includes more than 5,000 heraldic coats of arms, among which is the family name Colandrea with its heraldry and origin, whose data have been extracted from personal files, military passports, unpublished nobility, ex libris, data from private archives and other documents. In summary, people with the surname Colandrea they have carried out some test of nobility and there are official coat of arms and crests of Colandrea certified by King of Arms.

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) 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:

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

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

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

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

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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