FAMILY DOUKAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Doukas

Coat of arms and family crest of Doukas.

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

History and meaning for Doukas.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Doukas:

1) The origin of the family name Doukas.

2) The meaning of the family name Doukas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Doukas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Doukas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Doukas:

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The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Doukas appears in some or some books of the wide heraldic library of the Heraldry & Crests ( https://www.heraldrycrests.com ). In this web of the surname Doukas some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Doukas in parochial records of baptisms, marriages and deaths.

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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:

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

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

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* 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.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

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

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