FAMILY BRUNKOW: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Brunkow

Coat of arms and family crest of Brunkow.

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

History and meaning for Brunkow.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Brunkow:

1) The origin of the family name Brunkow.

2) The meaning of the family name Brunkow.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Brunkow.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Brunkow.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio 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.

* 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.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* HEART: The Heart is a symbol of Vigilant Vassal. In its fiery color, it demonstrates Warmth of mind and loving expression of Affection.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

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