FAMILY KARPENA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Karpena

Coat of arms and family crest of Karpena.

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

History and meaning for Karpena.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Karpena have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Karpena.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Karpena:

1) The origin of the family name Karpena.

2) The meaning of the family name Karpena.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Karpena.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Karpena.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Karpena 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 Karpena:

* 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 Karpena:

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Karpena 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 Karpena. 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 Karpena 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 Karpena 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 Karpena 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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

2) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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:

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

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

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter K index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Karp | Go to name Karpershoek | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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