FAMILY GORIORTUA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Goriortua

Coat of arms and family crest of Goriortua.

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

History and meaning for Goriortua.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Goriortua 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 Goriortua.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Goriortua:

1) The origin of the family name Goriortua.

2) The meaning of the family name Goriortua.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Goriortua.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Goriortua.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Goriortua 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 Goriortua 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 Goriortua 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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

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

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

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

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

* 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.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

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

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