FAMILY CANDENAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Candenas

Coat of arms and family crest of Candenas.

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

History and meaning for Candenas.

We know that the family name Candenas has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Candenas:

1) The origin of the family name Candenas.

2) The meaning of the family name Candenas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Candenas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Candenas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Candenas 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 Candenas, 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 Candenas, and origin for the family name Candenas, nobiliary titles of the family name Candenas and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Candenas appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Candenas 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 Candenas alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Candenas, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Candenas, 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 Candenas.

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

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Candenas. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Candenas. The name Candenas also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Candenas than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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:

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

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* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

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

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

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

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