FAMILY GIRALDEZ: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Giraldez

Coat of arms and family crest of Giraldez.

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

History and meaning for Giraldez.

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

The surname Giraldez is of SPANISH origin and probably patronymic of the proper name of Giraldo.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Giraldez:

1) The origin of the family name Giraldez.

2) The meaning of the family name Giraldez.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Giraldez.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Giraldez.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Giraldez proved their chivalry in this institution.

It is known that the Giraldez have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

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

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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

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

The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Giraldez appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Giraldez so the Giraldez or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

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

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

3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

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* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

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