FAMILY MARCHAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Marchan

Coat of arms and family crest of Marchan.

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

History and meaning for Marchan.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Marchan:

1) The origin of the family name Marchan.

2) The meaning of the family name Marchan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Marchan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Marchan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Marchan 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 Marchan. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Marchan.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Marchan has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Marchan and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Marchan have some different spelling.

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Marchan. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Marchan. The name Marchan also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Marchan than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

* 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.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

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

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

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

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* The family name Marchan 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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