FAMILY CRENA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Crena

Coat of arms and family crest of Crena.

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

History and meaning for Crena.

Crena 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 Crena 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 Crena:

1) The origin of the family name Crena.

2) The meaning of the family name Crena.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Crena.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Crena.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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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 Crena:

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Crena are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Crena, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Crena, and origin for the family name Crena, nobiliary titles of the family name Crena and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Crena appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Crena appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Crena alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Crena, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Crena, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Crena.

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

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

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:

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

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

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

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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 Cremsier barons de sterndahl | Go to name Crenan (marquis de) | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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