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FAMILY CLAIJS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Claijs.

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

History and meaning for Claijs.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Claijs 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 Claijs.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Claijs:

1) The origin of the family name Claijs.

2) The meaning of the family name Claijs.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Claijs.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Claijs.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Claijs 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 Claijs:

* 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 Claijs:

Name Claijs

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Claijs

Coat of arms for the name Claijs 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 Claijs 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 Claijs. 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

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

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

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

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

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

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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 Claicquin | Go to name Claijs | 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