FAMILY QUEVEDO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Quevedo

Coat of arms and family crest of Quevedo.

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

History and meaning for Quevedo.

Quevedo 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 Quevedo 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 Quevedo:

1) The origin of the family name Quevedo.

2) The meaning of the family name Quevedo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Quevedo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Quevedo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Estremadura (Spain).

* Portugal.

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

* 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

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

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

* Nobiliario de Extremadura, by Adolfo Barredo de Valenzuela y Arrojo, and Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Armorial Lusitano, by Antonio Sergio.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The history and heraldry of the family name Quevedo appears in the "Armorial Lusitano" by Antonio Sergio, so that, the Quevedo are either of Portuguese origin or with branches in Portugal. We must bear in mind that the Portuguese nobles are linked to the Castilian-Leonese and Galician nobility, in addition to Portugal was once united to Spain, what to keep in mind for the study of the family name Quevedo.

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

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

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

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

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

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* 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.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* 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.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

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