FAMILY BERGANTIN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Bergantin

Coat of arms and family crest of Bergantin.

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

History and meaning for Bergantin.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Bergantin:

1) The origin of the family name Bergantin.

2) The meaning of the family name Bergantin.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Bergantin.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Bergantin.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Bergantin have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

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

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

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The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Bergantin appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Bergantin so the Bergantin or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

It may be helpful for those with the name Bergantin 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 Bergantin 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 Bergantin 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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

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:

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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

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

* 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.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

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

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

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