On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Sistiaga.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Sistiaga.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Sistiaga:
1) The origin of the family name Sistiaga.
2) The meaning of the family name Sistiaga.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Sistiaga.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Sistiaga.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
It is known that the Sistiaga 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 Sistiaga:
* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Sistiaga:
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Coat of arms for Sistiaga and the history and origin for the family name Sistiaga in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.
The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Sistiaga, 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 Sistiaga corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Sistiaga of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
That the last name Sistiaga is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Sistiaga 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 Sistiaga, to know the fights of nobility of the Sistiaga, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Sistiaga, honorary offices or public offices of the Sistiaga.
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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.
Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:
* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.
* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.
* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.
* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.
* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.
* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.
* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.
* 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.
* The family name Sistiaga 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/
Heraldry for family name Sistiaga as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Sistiaga
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