FAMILY CARRAZO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Carrazo

Coat of arms and family crest of Carrazo.

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

History and meaning for Carrazo.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Carrazo:

1) The origin of the family name Carrazo.

2) The meaning of the family name Carrazo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Carrazo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Carrazo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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The family name Carrazo appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Carrazo has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Carrazo arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Carrazo are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Carrazo are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Carrazo have made some test of nobility or knightage.

It may be helpful for those with the name Carrazo to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Carrazo It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Carrazo can have graphic variants.

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

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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:

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* 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.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* The family name Carrazo 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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