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FAMILY CRAIENHOVEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Craienhoven.

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

History and meaning for Craienhoven.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Craienhoven.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Craienhoven.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Craienhoven:

1) The origin of the family name Craienhoven.

2) The meaning of the family name Craienhoven.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Craienhoven.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Craienhoven.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Craienhoven 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 Craienhoven:

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

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

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Craienhoven 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 Craienhoven. 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 Craienhoven 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 Craienhoven 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 Craienhoven 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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

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

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* HEART: The Heart is a symbol of Vigilant Vassal. In its fiery color, it demonstrates Warmth of mind and loving expression of Affection.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

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

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

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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 Craienhem | Go to name Craig | 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