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FAMILY COSTENGE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Costenge.

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

History and meaning for Costenge.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Costenge have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Costenge.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Costenge:

1) The origin of the family name Costenge.

2) The meaning of the family name Costenge.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Costenge.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Costenge.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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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 Costenge:

Name Costenge

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burnt parchment for Costenge name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Costenge.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Costenge and the history and origin for the family name Costenge in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Costenge

Coat of arms for the name Costenge in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Costenge appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Costenge. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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) 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:

* 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.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* 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.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Costenge:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Costenburgh (van) | Go to name Costenobel | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests