FAMILY KASTORP: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Kastorp

Coat of arms and family crest of Kastorp.

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

History and meaning for Kastorp.

Kastorp 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 Kastorp 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 Kastorp:

1) The origin of the family name Kastorp.

2) The meaning of the family name Kastorp.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Kastorp.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Kastorp.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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:

* 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.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

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

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

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

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

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

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter K index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Kastnmayr | Go to name Kat | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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