FAMILY CONTER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Conter

Coat of arms and family crest of Conter.

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

History and meaning for Conter.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Conter:

1) The origin of the family name Conter.

2) The meaning of the family name Conter.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Conter.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Conter.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

Persons with the name Conter proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

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

* Italy.

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

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

* Enciclopedia Storico-Nobiliare Italiana by Vittorio Spreti.

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The family name Conter appears in The Italian Storico-Nobiliare Encyclopedia by Vittorio Spreti collects the heraldry of Italian families, such as those of the family name Conter. This work was published in 1928 with six volumes, and in 1935 its Appendix with two volumes. Collect the shield, history and origin of the family name Conter.

The family name Conter 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 Conter 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 Conter 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 Conter are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Conter 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 Conter have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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:

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

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

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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