FAMILY WESTVOORDE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Westvoorde

Coat of arms and family crest of Westvoorde.

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

History and meaning for Westvoorde.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Westvoorde:

1) The origin of the family name Westvoorde.

2) The meaning of the family name Westvoorde.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Westvoorde.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Westvoorde.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Westvoorde 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 Westvoorde:

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Westvoorde 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 Westvoorde. 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 Westvoorde 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 Westvoorde 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 Westvoorde 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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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:

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

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

* 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.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Westvoorde:

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