FAMILY COGELS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Cogels

Coat of arms and family crest of Cogels.

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

History and meaning for Cogels.

Cogels 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 Cogels 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 Cogels:

1) The origin of the family name Cogels.

2) The meaning of the family name Cogels.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cogels.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cogels.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Cogels 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 Cogels, 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 Cogels, and origin for the family name Cogels, nobiliary titles of the family name Cogels and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Cogels appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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:

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

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

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

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

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Cogeces | Go to name Coges | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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