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FAMILY COTERKEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Coterken.

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

History and meaning for Coterken.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Coterken 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 Coterken.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Coterken:

1) The origin of the family name Coterken.

2) The meaning of the family name Coterken.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Coterken.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Coterken.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Coterken 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 Coterken:

* 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 Coterken:

Name Coterken

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Coterken

Coat of arms for the name Coterken 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 Coterken 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 Coterken. 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

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

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

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

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

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

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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 Coterillo | Go to name Coterllo | 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