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FAMILY CARSTIAEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Carstiaen.

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

History and meaning for Carstiaen.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Carstiaen:

1) The origin of the family name Carstiaen.

2) The meaning of the family name Carstiaen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Carstiaen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Carstiaen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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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 Carstiaen:

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

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

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

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) 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:

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

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

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

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* CROWN: The Crown is a symbol of Royal or Seigniorial Authority and Dignity or Honorary Badge.

* 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.

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

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

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

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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 Carstenn-lichterfelde | Go to name Carston | 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