FAMILY RIPARIA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Riparia

Coat of arms and family crest of Riparia.

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

History and meaning for Riparia.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Riparia:

1) The origin of the family name Riparia.

2) The meaning of the family name Riparia.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Riparia.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Riparia.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The Island of Mallorca (Spain).

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

* Nobiliario Mallorquin, by Joaquin Maria Bover.

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The Nobiliario Mallorquin written by Joaquin Maria Bover, where is the heraldry and history of the family name Riparia, born from the need to fix and disseminate the more or less noble lineages of Mallorca and its blazon, and the desire to reinforce the prestige of the family name Riparia with the relation of the deeds of their ancestors. Joaquin Mª Bover relates in this book more or less relevant persons with the name Riparia by historical facts without the need of links with nobiliary corporations or military orders, therefore combines data of the name Riparia about bourgeois, peasants, workers, Jews, nobles, etc. and all this adorned with their blazons, always using as sources, armorial and specialized knowledge of the author, since this is of recognized heraldic capacity and considers heraldry as an inescapable auxiliary science of History.

It may be helpful for those with the name Riparia to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Riparia It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Riparia can have graphic variants.

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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

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

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* 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.

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

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* WOLF: The Wolf is 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.

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

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

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