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FAMILY CARRESSE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Carresse.

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

History and meaning for Carresse.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Carresse have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Carresse.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Carresse:

1) The origin of the family name Carresse.

2) The meaning of the family name Carresse.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Carresse.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Carresse.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Carresse 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 Carresse:

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

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

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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 Carresse:

Name Carresse

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

coat of arms sticker for Carresse

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

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

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

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

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

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