FAMILY WADDEL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Waddel

Coat of arms and family crest of Waddel.

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

History and meaning for Waddel.

We know that the family name Waddel 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 Waddel:

1) The origin of the family name Waddel.

2) The meaning of the family name Waddel.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Waddel.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Waddel.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Waddel 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 Waddel, 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 Waddel, and origin for the family name Waddel, nobiliary titles of the family name Waddel and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Waddel appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Waddel 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 Waddel alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Waddel, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Waddel, 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 Waddel.

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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:

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* 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.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

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

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* The family name Waddel 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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