FAMILY CORTAJARENA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Cortajarena

Coat of arms and family crest of Cortajarena.

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

History and meaning for Cortajarena.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Cortajarena:

1) The origin of the family name Cortajarena.

2) The meaning of the family name Cortajarena.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cortajarena.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cortajarena.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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That the last name Cortajarena is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Cortajarena are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Cortajarena, to know the fights of nobility of the Cortajarena, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Cortajarena, honorary offices or public offices of the Cortajarena.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Cortajarena has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Cortajarena and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Cortajarena have some different spelling.

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

2) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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:

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

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

* 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.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

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

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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