FAMILY CAPELO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Capelo

Coat of arms and family crest of Capelo.

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

History and meaning for Capelo.

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

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Capelo.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Capelo:

1) The origin of the family name Capelo.

2) The meaning of the family name Capelo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Capelo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Capelo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

* 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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Capelo, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Capelo corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Capelo of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

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

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

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

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

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:

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

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

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

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

* The family name Capelo 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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