On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Reaves.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Reaves.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Reaves:
1) The origin of the family name Reaves.
2) The meaning of the family name Reaves.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Reaves.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Reaves.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Reaves:
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Reaves:
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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Reaves, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Reaves corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Reaves of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
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) 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:
* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.
* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.
* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.
* 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.
* The family name Reaves 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 Reaves as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Reaves
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