On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Vijlain.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Vijlain.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Vijlain:
1) The origin of the family name Vijlain.
2) The meaning of the family name Vijlain.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Vijlain.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Vijlain.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
It is known that the Vijlain have or have been established, among other places, in:
* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Vijlain:
* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.
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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 Vijlain:
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Coat of arms for Vijlain and the history and origin for the family name Vijlain in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.
The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Vijlain appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Vijlain. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.
It may be helpful for those with the name Vijlain to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Vijlain It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Vijlain can have graphic variants.
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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.
3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.
Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:
* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.
* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.
* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.
* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.
* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.
* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.
* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.
* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.
* The family name Vijlain 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 Vijlain as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Vijlain
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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Vijlain:
All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.
Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests
