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FAMILY BLAEU: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Blaeu.

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

History and meaning for Blaeu.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Blaeu:

1) The origin of the family name Blaeu.

2) The meaning of the family name Blaeu.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Blaeu.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Blaeu.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Blaeu:

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Blaeu.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Blaeu

Coat of arms for the name Blaeu in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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

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

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

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

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:

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

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

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* 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.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter B index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Blaesvelt (van) | Go to name Blaeu | 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