FAMILY TERROCAL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Terrocal

Coat of arms and family crest of Terrocal.

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

History and meaning for Terrocal.

Terrocal 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 Terrocal 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 Terrocal:

1) The origin of the family name Terrocal.

2) The meaning of the family name Terrocal.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Terrocal.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Terrocal.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Terrocal has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

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

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The family name Terrocal appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Terrocal has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Terrocal arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Terrocal are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Terrocal are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Terrocal have made some test of nobility or knightage.

It may be helpful for those with the name Terrocal 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 Terrocal 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 Terrocal 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

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* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

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

* 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.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

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

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

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