FAMILY LEYDS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Leyds

Coat of arms and family crest of Leyds.

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

History and meaning for Leyds.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Leyds:

1) The origin of the family name Leyds.

2) The meaning of the family name Leyds.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Leyds.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Leyds.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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:

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

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

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter L index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Leydlacke | Go to name Leyds | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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