FAMILY BRANCKE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Brancke

Coat of arms and family crest of Brancke.

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

History and meaning for Brancke.

We know that the family name Brancke has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Brancke:

1) The origin of the family name Brancke.

2) The meaning of the family name Brancke.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Brancke.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Brancke.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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 Brancke:

Name Brancke

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

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Brancke and the history and origin for the family name Brancke 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 Brancke

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

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

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

2) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* 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.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* 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.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* 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.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

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

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

Brancke

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

Brancke

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter B index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Brancion-salins | Go to name Brancker | 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