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FAMILY CALCHETAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Calchetas.

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

History and meaning for Calchetas.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Calchetas:

1) The origin of the family name Calchetas.

2) The meaning of the family name Calchetas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Calchetas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Calchetas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Calchetas appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Calchetas. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Calchetas.

That the last name Calchetas is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Calchetas are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Calchetas, to know the fights of nobility of the Calchetas, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Calchetas, honorary offices or public offices of the Calchetas.

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

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

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

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

* 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.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

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

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