FAMILY BRADE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Brade

Coat of arms and family crest of Brade.

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

History and meaning for Brade.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Brade have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Brade.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Brade:

1) The origin of the family name Brade.

2) The meaning of the family name Brade.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Brade.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Brade.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Brade:

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Brade 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 Brade, 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 Brade, and origin for the family name Brade, nobiliary titles of the family name Brade and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Brade appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* 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.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter B index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Braddyll | Go to name Bradeley | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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