FAMILY URDAMPILLETA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Urdampilleta

Coat of arms and family crest of Urdampilleta.

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

History and meaning for Urdampilleta.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Urdampilleta have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Urdampilleta.

The surname Urdampilleta is probably a topographical name of Basque origin for a first element + the collective suffix -eta “place or group of”.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Urdampilleta:

1) The origin of the family name Urdampilleta.

2) The meaning of the family name Urdampilleta.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Urdampilleta.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Urdampilleta.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Urdampilleta has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

It is known that the Urdampilleta 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 Urdampilleta:

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

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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

That the last name Urdampilleta is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Urdampilleta 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 Urdampilleta, to know the fights of nobility of the Urdampilleta, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Urdampilleta, honorary offices or public offices of the Urdampilleta.

The family name Urdampilleta 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 Urdampilleta 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 Urdampilleta 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 Urdampilleta are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Urdampilleta 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 Urdampilleta 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

3) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* 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.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* The family name Urdampilleta 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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