FAMILY GUERREIRO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Guerreiro

Coat of arms and family crest of Guerreiro.

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

History and meaning for Guerreiro.

We know that the family name Guerreiro 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.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Guerreiro:

1) The origin of the family name Guerreiro.

2) The meaning of the family name Guerreiro.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Guerreiro.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Guerreiro.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Guerreiro has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Portugal.

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Armorial Lusitano, by Antonio Sergio.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The history and heraldry of the family name Guerreiro appears in the "Armorial Lusitano" by Antonio Sergio, so that, the Guerreiro are either of Portuguese origin or with branches in Portugal. We must bear in mind that the Portuguese nobles are linked to the Castilian-Leonese and Galician nobility, in addition to Portugal was once united to Spain, what to keep in mind for the study of the family name Guerreiro.

The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Guerreiro, 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 Guerreiro corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Guerreiro of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

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:

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* CAULDRON: The Cauldrons along with other vessels: cups, jugs and kettles, which were used to handle victuals, were formerly the Richman brand.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* 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.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

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