FAMILY GHESTERN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Ghestern

Coat of arms and family crest of Ghestern.

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

History and meaning for Ghestern.

We know that the family name Ghestern 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 Ghestern:

1) The origin of the family name Ghestern.

2) The meaning of the family name Ghestern.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ghestern.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ghestern.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

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

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* The family name Ghestern 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/

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