FAMILY ARRASTRA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Arrastra

Coat of arms and family crest of Arrastra.

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

History and meaning for Arrastra.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Arrastra:

1) The origin of the family name Arrastra.

2) The meaning of the family name Arrastra.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Arrastra.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Arrastra.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Arrastra 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 Arrastra:

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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

That the last name Arrastra is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Arrastra 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 Arrastra, to know the fights of nobility of the Arrastra, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Arrastra, honorary offices or public offices of the Arrastra.

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

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:

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

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

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

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