FAMILY ESPINOSA DE CONTRERAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Espinosa de contreras

Coat of arms and family crest of Espinosa de contreras.

Genealogy of family Espinosa de contreras, origin of Espinosa de contreras, provenance of the family name Espinosa de contreras.

History and meaning for Espinosa de contreras.

Espinosa de contreras 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 Espinosa de contreras an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The surname Espinosa de contreras is of COMPOSITE origin of the surname itself, which appears first, and of what appears after the DE (what does it mean OF), giving a sense of BELONGING. Most of these surnames are of Spanish origin, but there are also French, Belgian, etc.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Espinosa de contreras:

1) The origin of the family name Espinosa de contreras.

2) The meaning of the family name Espinosa de contreras.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Espinosa de contreras.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Espinosa de contreras.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Espinosa de contreras:

* Heraldario Hispanoamericano y Europeo, by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez and the Spanish King of Arms don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Espinosa de contreras, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Espinosa de contreras corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Espinosa de contreras of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The family name Espinosa de contreras is registered in the "Heraldario Espanol, Europeo y Americano" by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas and the King of Arms Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent. In this work there are names, like Espinosa de contreras that have branches in America and / or Europe.

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

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

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:

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

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

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* The family name Espinosa de contreras 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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