FAMILY TORROJA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Torroja

Coat of arms and family crest of Torroja.

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

History and meaning for Torroja.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Torroja:

1) The origin of the family name Torroja.

2) The meaning of the family name Torroja.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Torroja.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Torroja.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Torroja has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Torroja, 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 Torroja corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Torroja of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Torroja 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 Torroja. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Torroja.

The history and heraldry of the family name Torroja appears in the work "Solar catalan, valenciano y balear", by brothers Garcia Carraffa, so the persons with this family name are of Catalan origin or from other places and settled in Catalonia (Spain). The history and heraldry of the family name Torroja appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.

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

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

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

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

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

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

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

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