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FAMILY CRAIJEWERVE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Craijewerve.

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

History and meaning for Craijewerve.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Craijewerve:

1) The origin of the family name Craijewerve.

2) The meaning of the family name Craijewerve.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Craijewerve.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Craijewerve.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Craijewerve 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 Craijewerve:

* 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 Craijewerve:

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

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Coat of arms for the name Craijewerve 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 Craijewerve 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 Craijewerve. 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 Craijewerve 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 Craijewerve 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 Craijewerve 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

3) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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

* CAULDRON: The Cauldrons along with other vessels: cups, jugs and kettles, which were used to handle victuals, were formerly the Richman brand.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

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

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are 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.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

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

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

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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 Craijewerre | Go to name Craijnem | 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