FAMILY MEERSSEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Meerssen

Coat of arms and family crest of Meerssen.

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

History and meaning for Meerssen.

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

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

The surname Meerssen is surely of SCANDINAVIAN origin, patronymic of the proper name of Meers, since the ending SEN means SON OF.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Meerssen:

1) The origin of the family name Meerssen.

2) The meaning of the family name Meerssen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Meerssen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Meerssen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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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 Meerssen:

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

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Meerssen appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Meerssen. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

It may be helpful for those with the name Meerssen 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 Meerssen 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 Meerssen can have graphic variants.

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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:

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

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

* 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.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

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

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

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

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

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