FAMILY LOPEZ DE GOICOECHEA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Lopez de goicoechea

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We know that the family name Lopez de goicoechea has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

The surname Lopez de goicoechea is of COMPOSITE origin of the surname itself, which appears first, and of what appears after the DE (what does it mean OF), giving a sense of BELONGING. Most of these surnames are of Spanish origin, but there are also French, Belgian, etc.

The surname Lopez de goicoechea is a Spanish SURNAME, composed or derived from the LOPEZ surname, from which we derive the surname Lopez (in Spanish language).

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Lopez de goicoechea:

1) The origin of the family name Lopez de goicoechea.

2) The meaning of the family name Lopez de goicoechea.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Lopez de goicoechea.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Lopez de goicoechea.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Lopez de goicoechea have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

* Aragon (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Lopez de goicoechea:

* Heraldario Hispanoamericano y Europeo, by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez and the Spanish King of Arms don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Diccionario de Heraldica Aragonesa, by Bizen Do Rio Martinez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Lopez de goicoechea, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Lopez de goicoechea corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Lopez de goicoechea of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

For many years, many authors, among which Bizen Do Rio Martinez, tried to collect in protocols, salutes, signatures and other documents, many blazons of Aragon, among which are those of the family name Lopez de goicoechea, that presents the great work of this author "Dictionary of Aragonese Heraldry", which in many cases, have also been proven in churches, hermitages and cemeteries. All have been carefully recorded and above all, with its proven provenance. Centuries of history have shaped these blazons, among which are those of the family name Lopez de goicoechea and throughout the Aragonese geography we can admire mansions and facades that still conserve the armeros stones that emblazon the lineage of the ancient infanzons, in most cases today inhabited by descendants of those hidalgos, such as the name Lopez de goicoechea. Our infanzons, as surely the Lopez de goicoechea, conscious of their duty and displaying the nobility of their race, they often promoted their troops at their expense and, leaving their homes and estates, set out to reconquer, enlarging the Aragonese kingdom and conforming with his effort and sacrifice what would later be the Crown of Aragon. Here we also have the heraldry and history of the name Lopez de goicoechea.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Lopez de goicoechea appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Lopez de goicoechea. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Lopez de goicoechea.

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

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

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

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

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

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

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

* 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.

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