FAMILY ECHEGOYEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Echegoyen

Coat of arms and family crest of Echegoyen.

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

History and meaning for Echegoyen.

Echegoyen 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 Echegoyen 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 Echegoyen:

1) The origin of the family name Echegoyen.

2) The meaning of the family name Echegoyen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Echegoyen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Echegoyen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

It is known that the Echegoyen have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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

That the last name Echegoyen is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Echegoyen are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Echegoyen, to know the fights of nobility of the Echegoyen, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Echegoyen, honorary offices or public offices of the Echegoyen.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Echegoyen has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Echegoyen and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Echegoyen have some different spelling.

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

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

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

* 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.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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