FAMILY COMPS (COMTES): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Comps (comtes)

Coat of arms and family crest of Comps (comtes).

Genealogy of family Comps (comtes), origin of Comps (comtes), provenance of the family name Comps (comtes).

History and meaning for Comps (comtes).

Comps (comtes) 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 Comps (comtes) an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

This family name Comps (comtes) held the title of COUNT or VISCOUNT that his name indicates. It is therefore a noble family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Comps (comtes):

1) The origin of the family name Comps (comtes).

2) The meaning of the family name Comps (comtes).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Comps (comtes).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Comps (comtes).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Comps (comtes):

* 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 Comps (comtes) 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 Comps (comtes), 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 Comps (comtes), and origin for the family name Comps (comtes), nobiliary titles of the family name Comps (comtes) and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Comps (comtes) appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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) 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:

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

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Comps (comtes):

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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 Comps | Go to name Compson | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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