FAMILY REYES CATOLICOS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Reyes catolicos

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Reyes catolicos 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 Reyes catolicos 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 Reyes catolicos:

1) The origin of the family name Reyes catolicos.

2) The meaning of the family name Reyes catolicos.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Reyes catolicos.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Reyes catolicos.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Reyes catolicos 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 Reyes catolicos 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 Reyes catolicos 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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

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.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

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