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FAMILY BOURMONT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Bourmont.

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

History and meaning for Bourmont.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Bourmont have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Bourmont.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Bourmont:

1) The origin of the family name Bourmont.

2) The meaning of the family name Bourmont.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Bourmont.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Bourmont.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Bourmont:

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Bourmont

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

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

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) 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:

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

* 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.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

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

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

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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 Bourman | Go to name Bourmont | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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