FAMILY GATCHAPAY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gatchapay

Coat of arms and family crest of Gatchapay.

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

History and meaning for Gatchapay.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Gatchapay.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Gatchapay.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gatchapay:

1) The origin of the family name Gatchapay.

2) The meaning of the family name Gatchapay.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gatchapay.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gatchapay.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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The family name Gatchapay appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his book "Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica", work that includes more than 5,000 heraldic coats of arms, among which is the family name Gatchapay with its heraldry and origin, whose data have been extracted from personal files, military passports, unpublished nobility, ex libris, data from private archives and other documents. In summary, people with the surname Gatchapay they have carried out some test of nobility and there are official coat of arms and crests of Gatchapay certified by King of Arms.

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

* 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.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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

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