FAMILY PRANEUF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Praneuf

Coat of arms and family crest of Praneuf.

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

History and meaning for Praneuf.

We know that the family name Praneuf has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Praneuf:

1) The origin of the family name Praneuf.

2) The meaning of the family name Praneuf.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Praneuf.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Praneuf.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 Praneuf:

Name Praneuf

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Praneuf. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Praneuf

The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Praneuf 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 Praneuf, 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 Praneuf, and origin for the family name Praneuf, nobiliary titles of the family name Praneuf and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Praneuf appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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:

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* :

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

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

Related Words: Praneuf family crest | Origin of the name Praneuf | Genealogy of the family Praneuf | Heraldry of the name Praneuf | Coat of arms of Praneuf | Genealogy of the Praneuf | Origin of the Praneuf | Meaning of the name Praneuf.

Praneuf

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

Praneuf

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter P index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Pranes | Go to name Prangen | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests