FAMILY KERKESANDT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Kerkesandt

Coat of arms and family crest of Kerkesandt.

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

History and meaning for Kerkesandt.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Kerkesandt:

1) The origin of the family name Kerkesandt.

2) The meaning of the family name Kerkesandt.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Kerkesandt.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Kerkesandt.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

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

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

* 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.

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

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

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

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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 Kerkering zur borg | Go to name Kerkesandt (van) | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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