FAMILY OLIVAR: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Olivar

Coat of arms and family crest of Olivar.

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

History and meaning for Olivar.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Olivar:

1) The origin of the family name Olivar.

2) The meaning of the family name Olivar.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Olivar.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Olivar.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Olivar proved their chivalry in this institution.

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

* Catalonia (Spain).

* Catalonia (Spain).

* The Island of Mallorca (Spain).

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

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna, by Augusto Cuartas.

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Nobiliario Mallorquin, by Joaquin Maria Bover.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Olivar, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Olivar corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Olivar of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Olivar appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Olivar. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Olivar.

The Nobiliario Mallorquin written by Joaquin Maria Bover, where is the heraldry and history of the family name Olivar, born from the need to fix and disseminate the more or less noble lineages of Mallorca and its blazon, and the desire to reinforce the prestige of the family name Olivar with the relation of the deeds of their ancestors. Joaquin Mª Bover relates in this book more or less relevant persons with the name Olivar by historical facts without the need of links with nobiliary corporations or military orders, therefore combines data of the name Olivar about bourgeois, peasants, workers, Jews, nobles, etc. and all this adorned with their blazons, always using as sources, armorial and specialized knowledge of the author, since this is of recognized heraldic capacity and considers heraldry as an inescapable auxiliary science of History.

The book "Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna" by Augusto Cuartas, where the history and heraldry of the name Olivar appears, describes Catalan lineages and family names, such as name Olivar. Covers the birthplace of the name Olivar, its derivatives, historical and etymological origin, as well as many other data of interest of the family name Olivar that justify its origin. All this as a result of the work of an expert in HERALDRY that has unraveled the historical and heraldic archives during a patient research work on the last names, lineages and heraldry of Catalonia.

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

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:

* CHEVRON: The Chevron 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.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* 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.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

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