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FAMILY BECKEDORF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Beckedorf.

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

History and meaning for Beckedorf.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Beckedorf 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 Beckedorf.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Beckedorf:

1) The origin of the family name Beckedorf.

2) The meaning of the family name Beckedorf.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Beckedorf.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Beckedorf.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Beckedorf:

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Beckedorf

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

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

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:

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

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

* 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.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

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

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

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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 Becke (von) | Go to name Beckel | 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