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FAMILY BOTKENS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Botkens.

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

History and meaning for Botkens.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Botkens:

1) The origin of the family name Botkens.

2) The meaning of the family name Botkens.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Botkens.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Botkens.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Botkens:

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

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Botkens to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Botkens It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Botkens can have graphic variants.

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) 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:

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* 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.

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

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

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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 Botino | Go to name Botland (van) | 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