FAMILY FOURS (DE): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Fours (de)

Coat of arms and family crest of Fours (de).

Genealogy of family Fours (de), origin of Fours (de), provenance of the family name Fours (de).

History and meaning for Fours (de).

Fours (de) 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 Fours (de) 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 Fours (de):

1) The origin of the family name Fours (de).

2) The meaning of the family name Fours (de).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Fours (de).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Fours (de).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Fours (de):

* 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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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Fours (de):

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Fours (de) 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 Fours (de) 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 Fours (de) 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

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

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

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

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* The family name Fours (de) 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 Fours (de) as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Fours (de)

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