FAMILY ERA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Era

Coat of arms and family crest of Era.

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

History and meaning for Era.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Era have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Era.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Era:

1) The origin of the family name Era.

2) The meaning of the family name Era.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Era.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Era.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Persons with the name Era 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 Era:

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

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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 Era:

Name Era

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Coat of arms for Era and the history and origin for the family name Era in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Era 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 Era 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 Era 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) 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:

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

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

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

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

* 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.

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

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

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