FAMILY MONTCLUS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Montclus

Coat of arms and family crest of Montclus.

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

History and meaning for Montclus.

We know that the family name Montclus has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Montclus:

1) The origin of the family name Montclus.

2) The meaning of the family name Montclus.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Montclus.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Montclus.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Montclus 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 Montclus, 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 Montclus, and origin for the family name Montclus, nobiliary titles of the family name Montclus and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Montclus appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

The history and heraldry of the family name Montclus appears in the work "Solar catalan, valenciano y balear", by brothers Garcia Carraffa, so the persons with this family name are of Catalan origin or from other places and settled in Catalonia (Spain). The history and heraldry of the family name Montclus appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.

The family name Montclus appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his book "Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica", work that includes more than 5,000 heraldic coats of arms, among which is the family name Montclus with its heraldry and origin, whose data have been extracted from personal files, military passports, unpublished nobility, ex libris, data from private archives and other documents. In summary, people with the surname Montclus they have carried out some test of nobility and there are official coat of arms and crests of Montclus certified by King of Arms.

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

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

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

* PINE: The Pine, due to its elevation, is a symbol of Noble and enlightened Thoughts and due to its resinous nature, suitable for burning, of a Fiery Heart in avenging family outrages.

* 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.

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

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

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* 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.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* The family name Montclus 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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