FAMILY BELLON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Bellon

Coat of arms and family crest of Bellon.

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

History and meaning for Bellon.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Bellon 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 Bellon.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Bellon:

1) The origin of the family name Bellon.

2) The meaning of the family name Bellon.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Bellon.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Bellon.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Bellon has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

Persons with the name Bellon proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* 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.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 Bellon:

Name Bellon

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Bellon. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Bellon and the history and origin for the family name Bellon in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Bellon

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

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

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Bellon 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 Bellon. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Bellon.

That the last name Bellon is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Bellon 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 Bellon, to know the fights of nobility of the Bellon, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Bellon, honorary offices or public offices of the Bellon.

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

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

Related Words: Bellon family crest | Origin of the name Bellon | Genealogy of the family Bellon | Heraldry of the name Bellon | Coat of arms of Bellon | Genealogy of the Bellon | Origin of the Bellon | Meaning of the name Bellon.

Bellon

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

Bellon

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter B index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Bellomont (comte de) | Go to name Bellon | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests