FAMILY VIDANES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Vidanes

Coat of arms and family crest of Vidanes.

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

History and meaning for Vidanes.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Vidanes:

1) The origin of the family name Vidanes.

2) The meaning of the family name Vidanes.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Vidanes.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Vidanes.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Vidanes proved their chivalry in this institution.

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

* Extension of Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica by Endika de Mogrobejo.

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Vidanes 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 Vidanes 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 Vidanes 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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:

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

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

* 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.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

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

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

* The family name Vidanes 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/

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