FAMILY SANTACRUZ: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Santacruz

Coat of arms and family crest of Santacruz.

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

History and meaning for Santacruz.

Santacruz 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 Santacruz 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 Santacruz:

1) The origin of the family name Santacruz.

2) The meaning of the family name Santacruz.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Santacruz.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Santacruz.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Santacruz 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 Santacruz have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Santacruz 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 Santacruz so the Santacruz or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Santacruz has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Santacruz and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Santacruz have some different spelling.

The family name Santacruz appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Santacruz has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Santacruz arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Santacruz are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Santacruz are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Santacruz have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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

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

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

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

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

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

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

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

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