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FAMILY COLIJNS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Colijns.

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

History and meaning for Colijns.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Colijns:

1) The origin of the family name Colijns.

2) The meaning of the family name Colijns.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Colijns.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Colijns.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Colijns have or have been established, among other places, in:

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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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 Colijns:

Name Colijns

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burnt parchment for Colijns name

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Colijns

Coat of arms for the name Colijns in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Colijns appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Colijns. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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

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

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

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* 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.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* 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.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Colijn | Go to name Colila | 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