FAMILY GONZALVES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gonzalves

Coat of arms and family crest of Gonzalves.

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

History and meaning for Gonzalves.

We know that the family name Gonzalves has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gonzalves:

1) The origin of the family name Gonzalves.

2) The meaning of the family name Gonzalves.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gonzalves.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gonzalves.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Gonzalves 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 Gonzalves have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

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

* 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.

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

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Gonzalves has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Gonzalves and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Gonzalves have some different spelling.

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Gonzalves. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Gonzalves. The name Gonzalves also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Gonzalves than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

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

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

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

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

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* 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.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

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