FAMILY MALEFAYDE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Malefayde

Coat of arms and family crest of Malefayde.

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

History and meaning for Malefayde.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Malefayde have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Malefayde.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Malefayde:

1) The origin of the family name Malefayde.

2) The meaning of the family name Malefayde.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Malefayde.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Malefayde.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The French region of Limoges.

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

* Nobiliaire du Diocèse et de la Generalite de Limoges, by L"Abbe Joseph Nadaud.

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It may be helpful for those with the name Malefayde to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Malefayde It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Malefayde can have graphic variants.

The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Malefayde appears in some or some books of the wide heraldic library of the Heraldry & Crests ( https://www.heraldrycrests.com ). In this web of the surname Malefayde some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Malefayde in parochial records of baptisms, marriages and deaths.

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

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

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

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

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* LEBREL: The Lebrels denote Burning and Courage in undertaking dangers, with such decision, that they need to contain their effort. The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

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

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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