FAMILY GARCIA-CORTES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Garcia-cortes

Coat of arms and family crest of Garcia-cortes.

Genealogy of family Garcia-cortes, origin of Garcia-cortes, provenance of the family name Garcia-cortes.

History and meaning for Garcia-cortes.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Garcia-cortes 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 Garcia-cortes.

The family name Garcia-cortes is a COMPOSITE surname of the surname Garcia, which appears first, and cortes.

The surname Garcia-cortes is a Spanish SURNAME, compound derived from the GARCIA surname, from which we derive the surname García (in Spanish language).

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Garcia-cortes:

1) The origin of the family name Garcia-cortes.

2) The meaning of the family name Garcia-cortes.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Garcia-cortes.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Garcia-cortes.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Garcia-cortes has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

It is known that the Garcia-cortes have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Aragon (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Garcia-cortes:

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Diccionario de Heraldica Aragonesa, by Bizen Do Rio Martinez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Garcia-cortes, 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 Garcia-cortes corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Garcia-cortes of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

For many years, many authors, among which Bizen Do Rio Martinez, tried to collect in protocols, salutes, signatures and other documents, many blazons of Aragon, among which are those of the family name Garcia-cortes, that presents the great work of this author "Dictionary of Aragonese Heraldry", which in many cases, have also been proven in churches, hermitages and cemeteries. All have been carefully recorded and above all, with its proven provenance. Centuries of history have shaped these blazons, among which are those of the family name Garcia-cortes and throughout the Aragonese geography we can admire mansions and facades that still conserve the armeros stones that emblazon the lineage of the ancient infanzons, in most cases today inhabited by descendants of those hidalgos, such as the name Garcia-cortes. Our infanzons, as surely the Garcia-cortes, conscious of their duty and displaying the nobility of their race, they often promoted their troops at their expense and, leaving their homes and estates, set out to reconquer, enlarging the Aragonese kingdom and conforming with his effort and sacrifice what would later be the Crown of Aragon. Here we also have the heraldry and history of the name Garcia-cortes.

The family name Garcia-cortes appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Garcia-cortes has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Garcia-cortes arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Garcia-cortes are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Garcia-cortes are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Garcia-cortes have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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

2) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

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

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* 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.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron 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.

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