FAMILY GEISTLER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Geistler

Coat of arms and family crest of Geistler.

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

History and meaning for Geistler.

We know that the family name Geistler 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 Geistler:

1) The origin of the family name Geistler.

2) The meaning of the family name Geistler.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Geistler.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Geistler.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* 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.

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

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

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

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Geistler:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter G index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Geistlein von un zu morenwall | Go to name Geistt | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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