FAMILY FUENTERRABIA (CIUDAD): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Fuenterrabia (ciudad)

Coat of arms and family crest of Fuenterrabia (ciudad).

Genealogy of family Fuenterrabia (ciudad), origin of Fuenterrabia (ciudad), provenance of the family name Fuenterrabia (ciudad).

History and meaning for Fuenterrabia (ciudad).

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Fuenterrabia (ciudad).

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Fuenterrabia (ciudad).

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Fuenterrabia (ciudad):

1) The origin of the family name Fuenterrabia (ciudad).

2) The meaning of the family name Fuenterrabia (ciudad).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Fuenterrabia (ciudad).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Fuenterrabia (ciudad).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Fuenterrabia (ciudad):

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Fuenterrabia (ciudad) 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 Fuenterrabia (ciudad) 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 Fuenterrabia (ciudad) 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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

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

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

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

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* The family name Fuenterrabia (ciudad) 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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