FAMILY PICQUERY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Picquery

Coat of arms and family crest of Picquery.

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

History and meaning for Picquery.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Picquery:

1) The origin of the family name Picquery.

2) The meaning of the family name Picquery.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Picquery.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Picquery.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 Picquery:

Name Picquery

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Picquery. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Picquery and the history and origin for the family name Picquery in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Picquery

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

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

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) 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:

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

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

Related Words: Picquery family crest | Origin of the name Picquery | Genealogy of the family Picquery | Heraldry of the name Picquery | Coat of arms of Picquery | Genealogy of the Picquery | Origin of the Picquery | Meaning of the name Picquery.

Picquery

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

Picquery

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

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests