FAMILY GORGE (DE LA): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gorge (de la)

Coat of arms and family crest of Gorge (de la).

Genealogy of family Gorge (de la), origin of Gorge (de la), provenance of the family name Gorge (de la).

History and meaning for Gorge (de la).

Gorge (de la) is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Gorge (de la) an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gorge (de la):

1) The origin of the family name Gorge (de la).

2) The meaning of the family name Gorge (de la).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gorge (de la).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gorge (de la).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Gorge (de la):

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Gorge (de la) to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Gorge (de la) It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Gorge (de la) can have graphic variants.

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

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:

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

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

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

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

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

* The family name Gorge (de la) 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 Gorge (de la) as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Gorge (de la)

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Gorge (de la):

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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 Gorge d'antraigues | Go to name Gorgel | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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