FAMILY VILLAFRANCES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Villafrances

Coat of arms and family crest of Villafrances.

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

History and meaning for Villafrances.

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

The surname Villafrances is surely of SPANISH TOPONYMIC origin, as it bears the word VILLA (town) in its composition. It owes its origin to some town, or refers to some town.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Villafrances:

1) The origin of the family name Villafrances.

2) The meaning of the family name Villafrances.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Villafrances.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Villafrances.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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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 Villafrances:

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

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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* The family name Villafrances 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 Villafrances as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Villafrances

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