FAMILY MAQUEST: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Maquest

Coat of arms and family crest of Maquest.

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

History and meaning for Maquest.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Maquest:

1) The origin of the family name Maquest.

2) The meaning of the family name Maquest.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Maquest.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Maquest.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Maquest:

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Maquest appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Maquest. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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:

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron 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.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

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

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

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

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

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