FAMILY VIQUENDI: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Viquendi

Coat of arms and family crest of Viquendi.

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

History and meaning for Viquendi.

We know that the family name Viquendi has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Viquendi:

1) The origin of the family name Viquendi.

2) The meaning of the family name Viquendi.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Viquendi.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Viquendi.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Viquendi are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Viquendi, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Viquendi, and origin for the family name Viquendi, nobiliary titles of the family name Viquendi and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Viquendi appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Viquendi appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Viquendi alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Viquendi, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Viquendi, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Viquendi.

That the last name Viquendi is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Viquendi are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Viquendi, to know the fights of nobility of the Viquendi, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Viquendi, honorary offices or public offices of the Viquendi.

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

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

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* The family name Viquendi 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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