FAMILY MONTOIA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Montoia

Coat of arms and family crest of Montoia.

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

History and meaning for Montoia.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Montoia:

1) The origin of the family name Montoia.

2) The meaning of the family name Montoia.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Montoia.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Montoia.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Montoia have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Portugal.

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

* Armorial Lusitano, by Antonio Sergio.

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The history and heraldry of the family name Montoia appears in the "Armorial Lusitano" by Antonio Sergio, so that, the Montoia are either of Portuguese origin or with branches in Portugal. We must bear in mind that the Portuguese nobles are linked to the Castilian-Leonese and Galician nobility, in addition to Portugal was once united to Spain, what to keep in mind for the study of the family name Montoia.

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

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:

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* 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.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* The family name Montoia 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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