FAMILY PORTURA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Portura

Coat of arms and family crest of Portura.

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

History and meaning for Portura.

Portura 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 Portura 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 Portura:

1) The origin of the family name Portura.

2) The meaning of the family name Portura.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Portura.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Portura.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Portura 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 Portura. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Portura.

That the last name Portura is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Portura are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Portura, to know the fights of nobility of the Portura, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Portura, honorary offices or public offices of the Portura.

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

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* The family name Portura 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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