FAMILY ZAVALZA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Zavalza

Coat of arms and family crest of Zavalza.

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

History and meaning for Zavalza.

Zavalza 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 Zavalza 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 Zavalza:

1) The origin of the family name Zavalza.

2) The meaning of the family name Zavalza.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Zavalza.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Zavalza.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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

That the last name Zavalza is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Zavalza are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Zavalza, to know the fights of nobility of the Zavalza, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Zavalza, honorary offices or public offices of the Zavalza.

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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:

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

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

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

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* The family name Zavalza 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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