FAMILY KEMMEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Kemmen

Coat of arms and family crest of Kemmen.

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

History and meaning for Kemmen.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Kemmen:

1) The origin of the family name Kemmen.

2) The meaning of the family name Kemmen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Kemmen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Kemmen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron 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.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

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

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

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

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

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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 Kemmat | Go to name Kemmena | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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