FAMILY TORTES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Tortes

Coat of arms and family crest of Tortes.

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

History and meaning for Tortes.

Tortes 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 Tortes 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 Tortes:

1) The origin of the family name Tortes.

2) The meaning of the family name Tortes.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Tortes.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Tortes.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Tortes have or have been established, among other places, in:

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

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

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

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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 Tortes:

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The family Tortes appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Tortes and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Tortes is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

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) 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:

* CROWN: The Crown is a symbol of Royal or Seigniorial Authority and Dignity or Honorary Badge.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* The family name Tortes 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 Tortes as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Tortes

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Tortes:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter T index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Tortequesne | Go to name Torthorwald | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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