Hovelwijk 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 Hovelwijk 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 Hovelwijk:
1) The origin of the family name Hovelwijk.
2) The meaning of the family name Hovelwijk.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Hovelwijk.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Hovelwijk.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
It is known that the Hovelwijk have or have been established, among other places, in:
* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Hovelwijk:
* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.
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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Hovelwijk:
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Coat of arms for Hovelwijk and the history and origin for the family name Hovelwijk in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.
The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Hovelwijk appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Hovelwijk. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.
It may be helpful for those with the name Hovelwijk 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 Hovelwijk 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 Hovelwijk 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) 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:
* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.
* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.
* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.
* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.
* 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.
* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.
* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.
* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.
* The family name Hovelwijk 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 Hovelwijk as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Hovelwijk
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