FAMILY DESVALLS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Desvalls

Coat of arms and family crest of Desvalls.

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

History and meaning for Desvalls.

Desvalls 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 Desvalls 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 Desvalls:

1) The origin of the family name Desvalls.

2) The meaning of the family name Desvalls.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Desvalls.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Desvalls.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Catalonia (Spain).

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna, by Augusto Cuartas.

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

* 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 Desvalls, 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 Desvalls corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Desvalls of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

The book "Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna" by Augusto Cuartas, where the history and heraldry of the name Desvalls appears, describes Catalan lineages and family names, such as name Desvalls. Covers the birthplace of the name Desvalls, its derivatives, historical and etymological origin, as well as many other data of interest of the family name Desvalls that justify its origin. All this as a result of the work of an expert in HERALDRY that has unraveled the historical and heraldic archives during a patient research work on the last names, lineages and heraldry of Catalonia.

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

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

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

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

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

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

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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