We use cookies to analyze our website traffic. You can see our cookie policy here. If you continue browsing you are accepting it.
Policy of cookies +

FAMILY CALDERWOOD: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Calderwood.

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

History and meaning for Calderwood.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Calderwood:

1) The origin of the family name Calderwood.

2) The meaning of the family name Calderwood.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Calderwood.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Calderwood.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Calderwood 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 Calderwood:

* 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 Calderwood:

Name Calderwood

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

burnt parchment for Calderwood name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Calderwood.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Calderwood

Coat of arms for the name Calderwood in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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

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

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

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

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* 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.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

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

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

Calderwood

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

Calderwood

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Calders | Go to name Caldes | 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