We use cookies to analyze our website traffic. You can see our cookie policy here. If you continue browsing you are accepting it.
Policy of cookies +

FAMILY ANSORENA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Ansorena.

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

History and meaning for Ansorena.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Ansorena.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Ansorena.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ansorena:

1) The origin of the family name Ansorena.

2) The meaning of the family name Ansorena.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ansorena.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ansorena.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Ansorena 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 Ansorena have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 Ansorena:

Name Ansorena

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Ansorena. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Ansorena

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

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

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Ansorena 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 Ansorena and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Ansorena 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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

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

* 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.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

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

Related Words: Ansorena family crest | Origin of the name Ansorena | Genealogy of the family Ansorena | Heraldry of the name Ansorena | Coat of arms of Ansorena | Genealogy of the Ansorena | Origin of the Ansorena | Meaning of the name Ansorena.

Ansorena

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter A index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Ansoregui | Go to name Ansorena | 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