FAMILY ANTRETTER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Antretter

Coat of arms and family crest of Antretter.

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

History and meaning for Antretter.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Antretter:

1) The origin of the family name Antretter.

2) The meaning of the family name Antretter.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Antretter.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Antretter.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

2) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* 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.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter A index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Antremont (comtes d') | Go to name Antrim | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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