FAMILY HUND: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Hund

Coat of arms and family crest of Hund.

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

History and meaning for Hund.

We know that the family name Hund 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 Hund:

1) The origin of the family name Hund.

2) The meaning of the family name Hund.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Hund.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Hund.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Hund are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Hund, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Hund, and origin for the family name Hund, nobiliary titles of the family name Hund and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Hund appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Hund appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Hund alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Hund, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Hund, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Hund.

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

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

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Hund:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter H index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Huncherange | Go to name Hund de salheim | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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