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Family name CompaƱy

Coat of arms and family crest of CompaƱy.

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

History and meaning for CompaƱy.

CompaƱy is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name CompaƱy an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The family name CompaƱy is of SPANISH origin, since the letter Ƒ is typical of Spain, although in Latin America many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Otomi, Quechua, Aymara, Mapuche and Guarani also have with the Ƒ

SEVEN things you should know about the family name CompaƱy:

1) The origin of the family name CompaƱy.

2) The meaning of the family name CompaƱy.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name CompaƱy.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name CompaƱy.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* The Island of Mallorca (Spain).

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

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Nobiliario Mallorquin, by Joaquin Maria Bover.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of CompaƱy, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name CompaƱy corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as CompaƱy of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name CompaƱy appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name CompaƱy. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including CompaƱy.

The Nobiliario Mallorquin written by Joaquin Maria Bover, where is the heraldry and history of the family name CompaƱy, born from the need to fix and disseminate the more or less noble lineages of Mallorca and its blazon, and the desire to reinforce the prestige of the family name CompaƱy with the relation of the deeds of their ancestors. Joaquin MŖ Bover relates in this book more or less relevant persons with the name CompaƱy by historical facts without the need of links with nobiliary corporations or military orders, therefore combines data of the name CompaƱy about bourgeois, peasants, workers, Jews, nobles, etc. and all this adorned with their blazons, always using as sources, armorial and specialized knowledge of the author, since this is of recognized heraldic capacity and considers heraldry as an inescapable auxiliary science of History.

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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

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

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

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

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestķan los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentįndola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el ańadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia mįs exquisitos.

* 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.

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