On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Bizcarra.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Bizcarra.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Bizcarra:
1) The origin of the family name Bizcarra.
2) The meaning of the family name Bizcarra.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Bizcarra.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Bizcarra.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Bizcarra 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 Bizcarra 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 Bizcarra:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.
* 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 Bizcarra 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 Bizcarra. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Bizcarra.
That the last name Bizcarra is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Bizcarra 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 Bizcarra, to know the fights of nobility of the Bizcarra, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Bizcarra, honorary offices or public offices of the Bizcarra.
Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Bizcarra. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Bizcarra. The name Bizcarra also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Bizcarra than the "Nobiliario Espanol".
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) 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:
* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.
* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.
* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.
* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.
* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.
* 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.
* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.
* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.
* The family name Bizcarra 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 Bizcarra as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Bizcarra
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