Bescos 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 Bescos 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 Bescos:
1) The origin of the family name Bescos.
2) The meaning of the family name Bescos.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Bescos.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Bescos.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Bescos has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
It is known that the Bescos have or have been established, among other places, in:
* Canary Islands (Spain).
* Aragon (Spain).
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Bescos:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Heraldario Hispanoamericano y Europeo, by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez and the Spanish King of Arms don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.
* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
* Diccionario de Heraldica Aragonesa, by Bizen Do Rio Martinez.
* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Bescos, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Bescos corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Bescos of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
For many years, many authors, among which Bizen Do Rio Martinez, tried to collect in protocols, salutes, signatures and other documents, many blazons of Aragon, among which are those of the family name Bescos, that presents the great work of this author "Dictionary of Aragonese Heraldry", which in many cases, have also been proven in churches, hermitages and cemeteries. All have been carefully recorded and above all, with its proven provenance. Centuries of history have shaped these blazons, among which are those of the family name Bescos and throughout the Aragonese geography we can admire mansions and facades that still conserve the armeros stones that emblazon the lineage of the ancient infanzons, in most cases today inhabited by descendants of those hidalgos, such as the name Bescos. Our infanzons, as surely the Bescos, conscious of their duty and displaying the nobility of their race, they often promoted their troops at their expense and, leaving their homes and estates, set out to reconquer, enlarging the Aragonese kingdom and conforming with his effort and sacrifice what would later be the Crown of Aragon. Here we also have the heraldry and history of the name Bescos.
The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Bescos 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 Bescos. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Bescos.
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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.
2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.
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.
* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.
* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.
* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.
* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.
* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.
* 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.
* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.
* The family name Bescos 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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