FAMILY OLIVIER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Olivier

Coat of arms and family crest of Olivier.

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

History and meaning for Olivier.

Olivier 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 Olivier 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 Olivier:

1) The origin of the family name Olivier.

2) The meaning of the family name Olivier.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Olivier.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Olivier.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Olivier 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 Olivier 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 Olivier:

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

* Apendice al 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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Olivier, 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 Olivier corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Olivier 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 Olivier 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 Olivier, 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 Olivier, and origin for the family name Olivier, nobiliary titles of the family name Olivier and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Olivier appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Olivier 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 Olivier and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Olivier have some different spelling.

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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:

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

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

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

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

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* 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.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* The family name Olivier 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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