FAMILY ARTIA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Artia

Coat of arms and family crest of Artia.

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

History and meaning for Artia.

Artia 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 Artia 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 Artia:

1) The origin of the family name Artia.

2) The meaning of the family name Artia.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Artia.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Artia.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Persons with the name Artia proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

It is known that the Artia 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 Artia:

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

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

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:

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* 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.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

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