FAMILY COTORRO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Cotorro

Coat of arms and family crest of Cotorro.

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

History and meaning for Cotorro.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Cotorro.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Cotorro.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Cotorro:

1) The origin of the family name Cotorro.

2) The meaning of the family name Cotorro.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cotorro.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cotorro.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

Persons with the name Cotorro proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

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

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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

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

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Cotorro. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Cotorro. The name Cotorro also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Cotorro than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

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

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* The family name Cotorro 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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