FAMILY COMPAING: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Compaing

Coat of arms and family crest of Compaing.

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

History and meaning for Compaing.

Compaing 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 Compaing 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 Compaing:

1) The origin of the family name Compaing.

2) The meaning of the family name Compaing.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Compaing.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Compaing.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The French region of Limoges.

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

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

* Nobiliaire du Diocèse et de la Generalite de Limoges, by L"Abbe Joseph Nadaud.

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

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

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

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

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

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* 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.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* 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.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Compaignon de marcheville | Go to name Compaing | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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