FAMILY GRIMALDA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Grimalda

Coat of arms and family crest of Grimalda.

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

History and meaning for Grimalda.

Grimalda 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 Grimalda 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 Grimalda:

1) The origin of the family name Grimalda.

2) The meaning of the family name Grimalda.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Grimalda.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Grimalda.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) 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:

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* 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.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

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