FAMILY GORCHS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gorchs

Coat of arms and family crest of Gorchs.

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

History and meaning for Gorchs.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Gorchs.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Gorchs.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gorchs:

1) The origin of the family name Gorchs.

2) The meaning of the family name Gorchs.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gorchs.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gorchs.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Gorchs 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 Gorchs 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 Gorchs 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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:

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* 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.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* 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.

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

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