FAMILY WESTHAUSEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Westhausen

Coat of arms and family crest of Westhausen.

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

History and meaning for Westhausen.

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

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

The surname Westhausen is surely of SCANDINAVIAN origin, patronymic of the proper name of Westhau, since the ending SEN means SON OF.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Westhausen:

1) The origin of the family name Westhausen.

2) The meaning of the family name Westhausen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Westhausen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Westhausen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Westhausen appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Westhausen. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Westhausen 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 Westhausen, 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 Westhausen, and origin for the family name Westhausen, nobiliary titles of the family name Westhausen and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Westhausen appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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

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:

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* 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.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Westhausen:

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