FAMILY URBIZU: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Urbizu

Coat of arms and family crest of Urbizu.

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

History and meaning for Urbizu.

Urbizu 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 Urbizu 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 Urbizu:

1) The origin of the family name Urbizu.

2) The meaning of the family name Urbizu.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Urbizu.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Urbizu.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Urbizu 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 Urbizu 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 Urbizu:

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* Heraldario Hispanoamericano y Europeo, by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez and the Spanish King of Arms don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Urbizu are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Urbizu, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Urbizu, and origin for the family name Urbizu, nobiliary titles of the family name Urbizu and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Urbizu appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Urbizu appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Urbizu alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Urbizu, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Urbizu, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Urbizu.

The family name Urbizu is registered in the "Heraldario Espanol, Europeo y Americano" by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas and the King of Arms Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent. In this work there are names, like Urbizu that have branches in America and / or Europe.

That the last name Urbizu is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Urbizu 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 Urbizu, to know the fights of nobility of the Urbizu, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Urbizu, honorary offices or public offices of the Urbizu.

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

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

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:

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* The family name Urbizu 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/

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