FAMILY PIMENTEL-SOTOMAYOR: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Pimentel-sotomayor

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Genealogy of family Pimentel-sotomayor, origin of Pimentel-sotomayor, provenance of the family name Pimentel-sotomayor.

History and meaning for Pimentel-sotomayor.

We know that the family name Pimentel-sotomayor 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.

The family name Pimentel-sotomayor is a COMPOSITE surname of the surname Pimentel, which appears first, and sotomayor.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Pimentel-sotomayor:

1) The origin of the family name Pimentel-sotomayor.

2) The meaning of the family name Pimentel-sotomayor.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Pimentel-sotomayor.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Pimentel-sotomayor.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Pimentel-sotomayor have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Pimentel-sotomayor:

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

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The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Pimentel-sotomayor appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Pimentel-sotomayor so the Pimentel-sotomayor or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

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

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

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

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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