FAMILY VALEIRO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Valeiro

Coat of arms and family crest of Valeiro.

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

History and meaning for Valeiro.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Valeiro:

1) The origin of the family name Valeiro.

2) The meaning of the family name Valeiro.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Valeiro.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Valeiro.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

* Extension of Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica by Endika de Mogrobejo.

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

The family name Valeiro 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 Valeiro 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 Valeiro 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 Valeiro are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Valeiro 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 Valeiro 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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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:

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* The family name Valeiro 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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