FAMILY HORAK: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Horak

Coat of arms and family crest of Horak.

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

History and meaning for Horak.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Horak.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Horak.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Horak:

1) The origin of the family name Horak.

2) The meaning of the family name Horak.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Horak.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Horak.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Heraldario Hispanoamericano y Europeo, by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez and the Spanish King of Arms don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Horak, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Horak corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Horak of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The family name Horak is registered in the "Heraldario Espanol, Europeo y Americano" by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas and the King of Arms Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent. In this work there are names, like Horak that have branches in America and / or Europe.

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

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:

* 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.

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

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

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* LEBREL: The Lebrels denote Burning and Courage in undertaking dangers, with such decision, that they need to contain their effort. The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* The family name Horak 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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