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FAMILY CLAES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Claes.

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

History and meaning for Claes.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Claes:

1) The origin of the family name Claes.

2) The meaning of the family name Claes.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Claes.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Claes.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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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 Claes:

Name Claes

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burnt parchment for Claes name

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Claes

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

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Claes appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Claes. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

* 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.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

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

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* 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.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

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

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

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

Claes

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Claerhout (van) | Go to name Claes | 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