FAMILY CASTRICUM: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Castricum

Coat of arms and family crest of Castricum.

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

History and meaning for Castricum.

We know that the family name Castricum 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 Castricum:

1) The origin of the family name Castricum.

2) The meaning of the family name Castricum.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Castricum.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Castricum.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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:

* 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.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* 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.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

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

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