FAMILY PETRIRENA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Petrirena

Coat of arms and family crest of Petrirena.

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

History and meaning for Petrirena.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Petrirena have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Petrirena.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Petrirena:

1) The origin of the family name Petrirena.

2) The meaning of the family name Petrirena.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Petrirena.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Petrirena.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

It is known that the Petrirena 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 Petrirena:

* 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.

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

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Petrirena, 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 Petrirena corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Petrirena of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

That the last name Petrirena is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Petrirena 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 Petrirena, to know the fights of nobility of the Petrirena, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Petrirena, honorary offices or public offices of the Petrirena.

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

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:

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

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

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

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