FAMILY VARGAS-ZUÑIGA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Vargas-zuñiga

Coat of arms and family crest of Vargas-zuñiga.

Genealogy of family Vargas-zuñiga, origin of Vargas-zuñiga, provenance of the family name Vargas-zuñiga.

History and meaning for Vargas-zuñiga.

Vargas-zuñiga 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 Vargas-zuñiga an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The family name Vargas-zuñiga is of SPANISH origin, since the letter Ñ is typical of Spain, although in Latin America many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Otomi, Quechua, Aymara, Mapuche and Guarani also have with the Ñ

The family name Vargas-zuñiga is a COMPOSITE surname of the surname Vargas, which appears first, and zuñiga.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Vargas-zuñiga:

1) The origin of the family name Vargas-zuñiga.

2) The meaning of the family name Vargas-zuñiga.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Vargas-zuñiga.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Vargas-zuñiga.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Vargas-zuñiga 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 Vargas-zuñiga have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Estremadura (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Vargas-zuñiga:

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

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

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

* Nobiliario de Extremadura, by Adolfo Barredo de Valenzuela y Arrojo, and Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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

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

The family name Vargas-zuñiga 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 Vargas-zuñiga that have branches in America and / or Europe.

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:

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

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

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

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