FAMILY MEWEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Mewen

Coat of arms and family crest of Mewen.

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

History and meaning for Mewen.

Mewen 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 Mewen 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 Mewen:

1) The origin of the family name Mewen.

2) The meaning of the family name Mewen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mewen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mewen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

3) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

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

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

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter M index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Meweham | Go to name Mewenstein | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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