FAMILY DE VIVIER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name De vivier

Coat of arms and family crest of De vivier.

Genealogy of family De vivier, origin of De vivier, provenance of the family name De vivier.

History and meaning for De vivier.

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

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name De vivier.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name De vivier:

1) The origin of the family name De vivier.

2) The meaning of the family name De vivier.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name De vivier.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name De vivier.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

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:

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

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

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter D index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name De vivar | Go to name De vivonne | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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