FAMILY GRATWICH: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gratwich

Coat of arms and family crest of Gratwich.

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

History and meaning for Gratwich.

Gratwich 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 Gratwich an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The surname Gratwich is of Slavic origin, patronymic of the proper name of Gratw, since the ending ICH means SON OF.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gratwich:

1) The origin of the family name Gratwich.

2) The meaning of the family name Gratwich.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gratwich.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gratwich.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

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

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

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The family Gratwich appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Gratwich and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Gratwich is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

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

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:

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

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

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* 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.

* 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.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

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

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