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Family name Cothen

Coat of arms and family crest of Cothen.

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

History and meaning for Cothen.

Cothen is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Cothen an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Cothen:

1) The origin of the family name Cothen.

2) The meaning of the family name Cothen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cothen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cothen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Cothen 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 Cothen:

* 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 Cothen:

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Cothen 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 Cothen. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

It may be helpful for those with the name Cothen 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 Cothen 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 Cothen 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) 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:

* 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.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

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

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

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

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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 Cothem | Go to name Cothenot | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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