FAMILY MEERSCHAERT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Meerschaert

Coat of arms and family crest of Meerschaert.

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

History and meaning for Meerschaert.

Meerschaert is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Meerschaert an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Meerschaert:

1) The origin of the family name Meerschaert.

2) The meaning of the family name Meerschaert.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Meerschaert.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Meerschaert.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Meerschaert 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 Meerschaert:

* 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 Meerschaert:

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Meerschaert 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 Meerschaert. 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) 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) 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:

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* 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.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

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

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

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

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

* 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.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter M index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Meersch (van der) de roosendaele | Go to name Meerschaute | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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