FAMILY FERNANDEZ DE LA BARRERA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Fernandez de la barrera

Coat of arms and family crest of Fernandez de la barrera.

Genealogy of family Fernandez de la barrera, origin of Fernandez de la barrera, provenance of the family name Fernandez de la barrera.

History and meaning for Fernandez de la barrera.

We know that the family name Fernandez de la barrera has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

The surname Fernandez de la barrera is of COMPOSITE origin of the surname itself, which appears first, and of what appears after the DE (what does it mean OF), giving a sense of BELONGING. Most of these surnames are of Spanish origin, but there are also French, Belgian, etc.

The surname Fernandez de la barrera is a Spanish SURNAME, whose origin we explain in this paragraph:

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Fernandez de la barrera:

1) The origin of the family name Fernandez de la barrera.

2) The meaning of the family name Fernandez de la barrera.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Fernandez de la barrera.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Fernandez de la barrera.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Fernandez de la barrera have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

* Estremadura (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Fernandez de la barrera:

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

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

* Nobiliario de Extremadura, by Adolfo Barredo de Valenzuela y Arrojo, and Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez.

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

The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Fernandez de la barrera appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Fernandez de la barrera so the Fernandez de la barrera or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

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:

* CABRIO: The Cabrio 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.

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

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

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

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

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