FAMILY GRANDALENA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Grandalena

Coat of arms and family crest of Grandalena.

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

History and meaning for Grandalena.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Grandalena:

1) The origin of the family name Grandalena.

2) The meaning of the family name Grandalena.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Grandalena.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Grandalena.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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The family name Grandalena 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 Grandalena 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 Grandalena 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 Grandalena are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Grandalena 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 Grandalena have made some test of nobility or knightage.

It may be helpful for those with the name Grandalena 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 Grandalena 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 Grandalena 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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:

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

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

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

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

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

* The family name Grandalena 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/

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