FAMILY VILARROYA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Vilarroya

Coat of arms and family crest of Vilarroya.

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

History and meaning for Vilarroya.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Vilarroya:

1) The origin of the family name Vilarroya.

2) The meaning of the family name Vilarroya.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Vilarroya.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Vilarroya.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Vilarroya 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 Vilarroya:

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

* 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 Vilarroya 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 Vilarroya. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Vilarroya.

The family name Vilarroya 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 Vilarroya 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 Vilarroya 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 Vilarroya are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Vilarroya 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 Vilarroya have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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) 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:

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

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

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* The family name Vilarroya 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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