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FAMILY BOCQUANT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Bocquant.

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

History and meaning for Bocquant.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Bocquant:

1) The origin of the family name Bocquant.

2) The meaning of the family name Bocquant.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Bocquant.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Bocquant.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Bocquant:

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

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

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

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

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

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

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* 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.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* 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.

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

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

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

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

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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 Bocq (de) | Go to name Bocque | 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