FAMILY COURTEENE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Courteene

Coat of arms and family crest of Courteene.

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

History and meaning for Courteene.

Courteene 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 Courteene 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 Courteene:

1) The origin of the family name Courteene.

2) The meaning of the family name Courteene.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Courteene.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Courteene.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

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

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 Courteene:

Name Courteene

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Courteene. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Courteene

The family Courteene appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Courteene and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Courteene is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

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

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

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

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

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

Related Words: Courteene family crest | Origin of the name Courteene | Genealogy of the family Courteene | Heraldry of the name Courteene | Coat of arms of Courteene | Genealogy of the Courteene | Origin of the Courteene | Meaning of the name Courteene.

Courteene

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

Courteene

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Courtebourne (marquis de) | Go to name Courteheuse | 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