FAMILY BENTHEIM-STEINFURT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Bentheim-steinfurt

Coat of arms and family crest of Bentheim-steinfurt.

Genealogy of family Bentheim-steinfurt, origin of Bentheim-steinfurt, provenance of the family name Bentheim-steinfurt.

History and meaning for Bentheim-steinfurt.

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

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Bentheim-steinfurt.

The family name Bentheim-steinfurt is a COMPOSITE surname of the surname Bentheim, which appears first, and steinfurt.

The surname Bentheim-steinfurt is probably of GERMAN JEWISH origin, as surnames with the particle HEIM, which means HOME in German, are usually so.

The surname Bentheim-steinfurt is very likely to be of JEWISH ORIGIN, as the word STEIN, which simply means "stone" in the English language, was widely used by the Jews of the Yiddish community, Azkenazi Jews.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Bentheim-steinfurt:

1) The origin of the family name Bentheim-steinfurt.

2) The meaning of the family name Bentheim-steinfurt.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Bentheim-steinfurt.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Bentheim-steinfurt.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Bentheim-steinfurt:

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

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

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) 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:

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* 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.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* 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.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

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

* The family name Bentheim-steinfurt 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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