FAMILY MARCH: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name March

Coat of arms and family crest of March.

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

History and meaning for March.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name March:

1) The origin of the family name March.

2) The meaning of the family name March.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name March.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name March.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name March has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

Persons with the name March proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Catalonia (Spain).

* The Island of Mallorca (Spain).

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

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

* 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

* Heraldica de los apellidos canarios, by Lino Chaparro D`Acosta.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Nobiliario Mallorquin, by Joaquin Maria Bover.

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The family March appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as March and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name March is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of March, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name March corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as March of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

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

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name March appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name March. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including March.

The Nobiliario Mallorquin written by Joaquin Maria Bover, where is the heraldry and history of the family name March, born from the need to fix and disseminate the more or less noble lineages of Mallorca and its blazon, and the desire to reinforce the prestige of the family name March with the relation of the deeds of their ancestors. Joaquin Mª Bover relates in this book more or less relevant persons with the name March by historical facts without the need of links with nobiliary corporations or military orders, therefore combines data of the name March about bourgeois, peasants, workers, Jews, nobles, etc. and all this adorned with their blazons, always using as sources, armorial and specialized knowledge of the author, since this is of recognized heraldic capacity and considers heraldry as an inescapable auxiliary science of History.

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

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

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:

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

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

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

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