FAMILY DORPE (VAN DEN): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Dorpe (van den)

Coat of arms and family crest of Dorpe (van den).

Genealogy of family Dorpe (van den), origin of Dorpe (van den), provenance of the family name Dorpe (van den).

History and meaning for Dorpe (van den).

We know that the family name Dorpe (van den) 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.

The surname Dorpe (van den) most likely originates from the NETHERLANDS.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Dorpe (van den):

1) The origin of the family name Dorpe (van den).

2) The meaning of the family name Dorpe (van den).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Dorpe (van den).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Dorpe (van den).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Dorpe (van den):

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

* Livre dor de la noblesse luxembourgeoise.

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Dorpe (van den) to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Dorpe (van den) It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Dorpe (van den) can have graphic variants.

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

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:

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

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

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

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are 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.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

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

* The family name Dorpe (van den) 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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