FAMILY MAUGASTEL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Maugastel

Coat of arms and family crest of Maugastel.

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

History and meaning for Maugastel.

Maugastel 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 Maugastel 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 Maugastel:

1) The origin of the family name Maugastel.

2) The meaning of the family name Maugastel.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Maugastel.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Maugastel.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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

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

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