We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Costalago:
1) The origin of the family name Costalago.
2) The meaning of the family name Costalago.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Costalago.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Costalago.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Costalago:
* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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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 Costalago:
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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Costalago, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Costalago corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Costalago of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The family name Costalago appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his book "Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica", work that includes more than 5,000 heraldic coats of arms, among which is the family name Costalago with its heraldry and origin, whose data have been extracted from personal files, military passports, unpublished nobility, ex libris, data from private archives and other documents. In summary, people with the surname Costalago they have carried out some test of nobility and there are official coat of arms and crests of Costalago certified by King of Arms.
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) 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:
* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.
* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.
* 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.
* 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.
* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.
* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.
* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.
* The family name Costalago 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 Costalago as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Costalago
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