FAMILY NAVIA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Navia

Coat of arms and family crest of Navia.

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

History and meaning for Navia.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Navia have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Navia.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Navia:

1) The origin of the family name Navia.

2) The meaning of the family name Navia.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Navia.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Navia.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

* Asturias (Spain).

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

* 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.

* Heraldica de los apellidos asturianos, by Francisco Sarandeses.

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Navia, 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 Navia corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Navia of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

The history and heraldry of the family name Navia appears in the book "Heraldica de los apellidos asturianos" by Francisco Sarandeses Perez. Here the lineage Navia It is found together with its heraldry in Asturias. This book is the fruit of more than 10 years of tireless work, of many excursions throughout the Asturian geography, crossing valleys, mountains, hamlets, places, villages, towns and cities, searching and searching in the most isolated corners that house that had a shield on its facade, like those of the lineage of the family name Navia, which led him to possess a formidable photographic archive on Asturian heraldry. It is a must for all those who want to undertake the study of Asturian heraldry. The heraldry and history of the name Navia appears here very well documented.

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

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:

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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

* 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.

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