FAMILY ALVAREZ DE CIENFUEGOS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Alvarez de cienfuegos

Coat of arms and family crest of Alvarez de cienfuegos.

Genealogy of family Alvarez de cienfuegos, origin of Alvarez de cienfuegos, provenance of the family name Alvarez de cienfuegos.

History and meaning for Alvarez de cienfuegos.

Alvarez de cienfuegos 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 Alvarez de cienfuegos an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The surname Alvarez de cienfuegos is of COMPOSITE origin of the surname itself, which appears first, and of what appears after the DE (what does it mean OF), giving a sense of BELONGING. Most of these surnames are of Spanish origin, but there are also French, Belgian, etc.

The surname Alvarez de cienfuegos is a Spanish SURNAME, compound derived from the surname ALVAREZ, from which we derive the link to the surname Alvarez (in Spanish language).

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Alvarez de cienfuegos:

1) The origin of the family name Alvarez de cienfuegos.

2) The meaning of the family name Alvarez de cienfuegos.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Alvarez de cienfuegos.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Alvarez de cienfuegos.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Alvarez de cienfuegos:

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

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* The family name Alvarez de cienfuegos 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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