FAMILY CORTADOR: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Cortador

Coat of arms and family crest of Cortador.

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

History and meaning for Cortador.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Cortador:

1) The origin of the family name Cortador.

2) The meaning of the family name Cortador.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cortador.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cortador.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Heraldario Hispanoamericano y Europeo, by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez and the Spanish King of Arms don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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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 Cortador:

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The family name Cortador is registered in the "Heraldario Espanol, Europeo y Americano" by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas and the King of Arms Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent. In this work there are names, like Cortador that have branches in America and / or Europe.

It may be helpful for those with the name Cortador 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 Cortador 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 Cortador 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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

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

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

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

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

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

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