FAMILY ORQUIETA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Orquieta

Coat of arms and family crest of Orquieta.

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

History and meaning for Orquieta.

Orquieta 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 Orquieta an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The surname Orquieta is probably a topographical name of Basque origin for a first element + the collective suffix -eta “place or group of”.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Orquieta:

1) The origin of the family name Orquieta.

2) The meaning of the family name Orquieta.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Orquieta.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Orquieta.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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The family name Orquieta appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Orquieta has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Orquieta arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Orquieta are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Orquieta are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Orquieta have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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

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:

* 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.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio 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.

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