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FAMILY CLOETE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Cloete.

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

History and meaning for Cloete.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Cloete:

1) The origin of the family name Cloete.

2) The meaning of the family name Cloete.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cloete.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cloete.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Cloete 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 Cloete:

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

* 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 Cloete:

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Cloete

Coat of arms for the name Cloete 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 Cloete 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 Cloete. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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

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

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

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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:

* CHEVRON: The Chevron 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.

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

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

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

* 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.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

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

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

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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 Cloet de attenhoven | Go to name Cloete | 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