FAMILY PLACERES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Placeres

Coat of arms and family crest of Placeres.

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

History and meaning for Placeres.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Placeres:

1) The origin of the family name Placeres.

2) The meaning of the family name Placeres.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Placeres.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Placeres.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Placeres 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 Placeres have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Asturias (Spain).

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

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

* Heraldica de los apellidos canarios, by Lino Chaparro D`Acosta.

* 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.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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 Placeres:

Name Placeres

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

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Placeres and the history and origin for the family name Placeres 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 Placeres

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

The history and heraldry of the family name Placeres appears in the book "Heraldica de los apellidos asturianos" by Francisco Sarandeses Perez. Here the lineage Placeres 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 Placeres, 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 Placeres appears here very well documented.

The family name Placeres appears in the work "Heraldry of Canarian last names" by Lino Chaparro D`Acosta, so that Placeres is a surname that has a branch in the Canary Islands. The conquest of the archipelago had begun, formally, in 1402, with the incursions of Jean de Bethencourt and Gadifier de la Salle, in the name of Enrique III, in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and El Hierro, island that annexed with some ease to Castile. Fernan Peraza did the same with La Gomera. Tenerife is the last island in conquerer, already for the Catholic Monarchs. So, the family names as Placeres have history and heraldry in the Canary Islands. Throughout time, the Canary Islands has been linked to America as a forced passage of the ships to the new continent. The Canary Islands actively participated, as settlers, in the birth of nations and cities. It was island families who founded the cities of Montevideo and San Antonio (Texas) - in the list of defenders of the Alamo abound the Canarian surnames; So, many last names, as it is possible that it is the name Placeres went to America. It is interesting to look up the last name Placeres in America.

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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:

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

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* 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.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

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

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

Placeres

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter P index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Placer | Go to name Placeres | 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