FAMILY CAMPOY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Campoy

Coat of arms and family crest of Campoy.

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

History and meaning for Campoy.

Campoy 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 Campoy 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 Campoy:

1) The origin of the family name Campoy.

2) The meaning of the family name Campoy.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Campoy.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Campoy.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Campoy has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Campoy 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 Campoy. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Campoy.

That the last name Campoy is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Campoy 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 Campoy, to know the fights of nobility of the Campoy, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Campoy, honorary offices or public offices of the Campoy.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Campoy has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Campoy and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Campoy have some different spelling.

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) 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:

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

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

* 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.

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* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

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

* The family name Campoy 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/

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