FAMILY GUIDY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Guidy

Coat of arms and family crest of Guidy.

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

History and meaning for Guidy.

Guidy 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 Guidy 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 Guidy:

1) The origin of the family name Guidy.

2) The meaning of the family name Guidy.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Guidy.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Guidy.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Guidy 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 Guidy, 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 Guidy, and origin for the family name Guidy, nobiliary titles of the family name Guidy and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Guidy appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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:

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* 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.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

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

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter G index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Guiducci-landi | Go to name Guien | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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