FAMILY HEESEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Heesen

Coat of arms and family crest of Heesen.

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

History and meaning for Heesen.

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

The surname Heesen is surely of SCANDINAVIAN origin, patronymic of the proper name of Hee, since the ending SEN means SON OF.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Heesen:

1) The origin of the family name Heesen.

2) The meaning of the family name Heesen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Heesen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Heesen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Heesen have or have been established, among other places, in:

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Heesen:

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Coat of arms for Heesen and the history and origin for the family name Heesen in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Heesen appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Heesen. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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

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:

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

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

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

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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 Heesel | Go to name Heespen | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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