On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Alcover.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Alcover.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Alcover:
1) The origin of the family name Alcover.
2) The meaning of the family name Alcover.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Alcover.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Alcover.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Alcover 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 Alcover have or have been established, among other places, in:
* Canary Islands (Spain).
* Catalonia (Spain).
* Catalonia (Spain).
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Alcover:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna, by Augusto Cuartas.
* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Alcover, 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 Alcover corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Alcover of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The book "Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna" by Augusto Cuartas, where the history and heraldry of the name Alcover appears, describes Catalan lineages and family names, such as name Alcover. Covers the birthplace of the name Alcover, its derivatives, historical and etymological origin, as well as many other data of interest of the family name Alcover that justify its origin. All this as a result of the work of an expert in HERALDRY that has unraveled the historical and heraldic archives during a patient research work on the last names, lineages and heraldry of Catalonia.
According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Alcover has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Alcover and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Alcover have some different spelling.
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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.
2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.
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:
* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.
* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.
* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.
* LEBREL: The Lebrels denote Burning and Courage in undertaking dangers, with such decision, that they need to contain their effort. The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.
* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.
* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.
* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.
* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.
* The family name Alcover 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 Alcover as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Alcover
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