FAMILY CAVIEDES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Caviedes

Coat of arms and family crest of Caviedes.

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

History and meaning for Caviedes.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Caviedes:

1) The origin of the family name Caviedes.

2) The meaning of the family name Caviedes.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Caviedes.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Caviedes.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Caviedes proved their chivalry in this institution.

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

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

* 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.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

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