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Family name Corbies

Coat of arms and family crest of Corbies.

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

History and meaning for Corbies.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Corbies:

1) The origin of the family name Corbies.

2) The meaning of the family name Corbies.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Corbies.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Corbies.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Corbies 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 Corbies. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Corbies.

It may be helpful for those with the name Corbies 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 Corbies 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 Corbies 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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:

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* 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.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

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

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

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