FAMILY HERVILLY (COMTES): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Hervilly (comtes)

Coat of arms and family crest of Hervilly (comtes).

Genealogy of family Hervilly (comtes), origin of Hervilly (comtes), provenance of the family name Hervilly (comtes).

History and meaning for Hervilly (comtes).

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Hervilly (comtes).

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Hervilly (comtes).

This family name Hervilly (comtes) held the title of COUNT or VISCOUNT that his name indicates. It is therefore a noble family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Hervilly (comtes):

1) The origin of the family name Hervilly (comtes).

2) The meaning of the family name Hervilly (comtes).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Hervilly (comtes).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Hervilly (comtes).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Hervilly (comtes):

* 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 Hervilly (comtes) 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 Hervilly (comtes), 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 Hervilly (comtes), and origin for the family name Hervilly (comtes), nobiliary titles of the family name Hervilly (comtes) and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Hervilly (comtes) appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Hervilly (comtes) 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 Hervilly (comtes) alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Hervilly (comtes), most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Hervilly (comtes), 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 Hervilly (comtes).

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

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

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

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

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

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

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

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Hervilly (comtes):

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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 Hervilly de malapert | Go to name Hervo | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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