FAMILY GELBKE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gelbke

Coat of arms and family crest of Gelbke.

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

History and meaning for Gelbke.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gelbke:

1) The origin of the family name Gelbke.

2) The meaning of the family name Gelbke.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gelbke.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gelbke.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

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

* 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.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

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

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

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