FAMILY WINTGENS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Wintgens

Coat of arms and family crest of Wintgens.

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

History and meaning for Wintgens.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Wintgens.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Wintgens.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Wintgens:

1) The origin of the family name Wintgens.

2) The meaning of the family name Wintgens.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Wintgens.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Wintgens.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Wintgens 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 Wintgens, 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 Wintgens, and origin for the family name Wintgens, nobiliary titles of the family name Wintgens and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Wintgens appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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:

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

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

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

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* The family name Wintgens 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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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter W index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Wintgen | Go to name Wintges | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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