FAMILY MAUD'HUY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Maud'huy

Coat of arms and family crest of Maud'huy.

Genealogy of family Maud'huy, origin of Maud'huy, provenance of the family name Maud'huy.

History and meaning for Maud'huy.

Maud'huy 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 Maud'huy 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 Maud'huy:

1) The origin of the family name Maud'huy.

2) The meaning of the family name Maud'huy.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Maud'huy.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Maud'huy.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Maud'huy:

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

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

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) 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:

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

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

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

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

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

* The family name Maud'huy 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/

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