FAMILY CORTERO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Cortero

Coat of arms and family crest of Cortero.

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

History and meaning for Cortero.

We know that the family name Cortero has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Cortero:

1) The origin of the family name Cortero.

2) The meaning of the family name Cortero.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cortero.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cortero.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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The family name Cortero appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Cortero has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Cortero arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Cortero are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Cortero are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Cortero have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

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

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

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