FAMILY PORQUES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Porques

Coat of arms and family crest of Porques.

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

History and meaning for Porques.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Porques.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Porques.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Porques:

1) The origin of the family name Porques.

2) The meaning of the family name Porques.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Porques.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Porques.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Porques 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 Porques. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Porques.

It may be helpful for those with the name Porques to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Porques It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Porques can have graphic variants.

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

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

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

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* HEART: The Heart is a symbol of Vigilant Vassal. In its fiery color, it demonstrates Warmth of mind and loving expression of Affection.

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

* The family name Porques 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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