FAMILY MOSQUERA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Mosquera

Coat of arms and family crest of Mosquera.

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

History and meaning for Mosquera.

Mosquera 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 Mosquera 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 Mosquera:

1) The origin of the family name Mosquera.

2) The meaning of the family name Mosquera.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mosquera.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mosquera.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Mosquera has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

Persons with the name Mosquera proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

It is known that the Mosquera have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Estremadura (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

* Nobiliario de Extremadura, by Adolfo Barredo de Valenzuela y Arrojo, and Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Mosquera, 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 Mosquera corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Mosquera of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Mosquera 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 Mosquera, 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 Mosquera, and origin for the family name Mosquera, nobiliary titles of the family name Mosquera and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Mosquera appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Mosquera 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 Mosquera. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Mosquera.

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

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

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

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* 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.

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

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

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