FAMILY CABALCANTI: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Cabalcanti

Coat of arms and family crest of Cabalcanti.

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

History and meaning for Cabalcanti.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Cabalcanti:

1) The origin of the family name Cabalcanti.

2) The meaning of the family name Cabalcanti.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cabalcanti.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cabalcanti.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Cabalcanti has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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The family name Cabalcanti appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Cabalcanti has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Cabalcanti arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Cabalcanti are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Cabalcanti are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Cabalcanti have made some test of nobility or knightage.

It may be helpful for those with the name Cabalcanti 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 Cabalcanti 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 Cabalcanti 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

3) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

* 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.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

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

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

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

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* The family name Cabalcanti 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/

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