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FAMILY CAPA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Capa.

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

History and meaning for Capa.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Capa:

1) The origin of the family name Capa.

2) The meaning of the family name Capa.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Capa.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Capa.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Capa proved their chivalry in this institution.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Asturias (Spain).

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

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

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

* Heraldica de los apellidos asturianos, by Francisco Sarandeses.

* 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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Name Capa

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Capa.
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coat of arms sticker for Capa

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

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

The history and heraldry of the family name Capa appears in the book "Heraldica de los apellidos asturianos" by Francisco Sarandeses Perez. Here the lineage Capa It is found together with its heraldry in Asturias. This book is the fruit of more than 10 years of tireless work, of many excursions throughout the Asturian geography, crossing valleys, mountains, hamlets, places, villages, towns and cities, searching and searching in the most isolated corners that house that had a shield on its facade, like those of the lineage of the family name Capa, which led him to possess a formidable photographic archive on Asturian heraldry. It is a must for all those who want to undertake the study of Asturian heraldry. The heraldry and history of the name Capa appears here very well documented.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Capa 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 Capa and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Capa 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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

2) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

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

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