FAMILY ELVINGEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Elvingen

Coat of arms and family crest of Elvingen.

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

History and meaning for Elvingen.

We know that the family name Elvingen 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 Elvingen:

1) The origin of the family name Elvingen.

2) The meaning of the family name Elvingen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Elvingen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Elvingen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

3) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

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

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

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* 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.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* 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.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Elvingen:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter E index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Elving | Go to name Elvingson | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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