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FAMILY CESTAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Cestan.

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

History and meaning for Cestan.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Cestan:

1) The origin of the family name Cestan.

2) The meaning of the family name Cestan.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cestan.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cestan.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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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 Cestan:

Name Cestan

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burnt parchment for Cestan name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Cestan.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Cestan

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

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According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Cestan 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 Cestan and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Cestan 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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:

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

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

* 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.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* 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.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

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

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