FAMILY MOTOS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Motos

Coat of arms and family crest of Motos.

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

History and meaning for Motos.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Motos:

1) The origin of the family name Motos.

2) The meaning of the family name Motos.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Motos.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Motos.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Motos:

Name Motos

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Motos. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Motos and the history and origin for the family name Motos in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Motos

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Motos has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Motos and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Motos have some different spelling.

The family name Motos appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Motos has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Motos arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Motos are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Motos are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Motos have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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

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

3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

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

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

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio 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.

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

Related Words: Motos family crest | Origin of the name Motos | Genealogy of the family Motos | Heraldry of the name Motos | Coat of arms of Motos | Genealogy of the Motos | Origin of the Motos | Meaning of the name Motos.

Motos

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

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests