FAMILY POTRITTEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Potritten

Coat of arms and family crest of Potritten.

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

History and meaning for Potritten.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Potritten 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 Potritten.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Potritten:

1) The origin of the family name Potritten.

2) The meaning of the family name Potritten.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Potritten.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Potritten.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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

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

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:

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter P index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Potrister | Go to name Potro | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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