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FAMILY ACHEU: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Acheu.

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

History and meaning for Acheu.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Acheu 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 Acheu.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Acheu:

1) The origin of the family name Acheu.

2) The meaning of the family name Acheu.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Acheu.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Acheu.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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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 Acheu:

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Coat of arms for Acheu and the history and origin for the family name Acheu in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

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

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

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* 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.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

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

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter A index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Acheta | Go to name Acheu | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests