FAMILY VALENCIAGA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Valenciaga

Coat of arms and family crest of Valenciaga.

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

History and meaning for Valenciaga.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Valenciaga have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Valenciaga.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Valenciaga:

1) The origin of the family name Valenciaga.

2) The meaning of the family name Valenciaga.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Valenciaga.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Valenciaga.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

Persons with the name Valenciaga proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

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

* Apendice al 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.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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

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

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Valenciaga has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Valenciaga and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Valenciaga have some different spelling.

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

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

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

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

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

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* 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.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

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