FAMILY DRAGHO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Dragho

Coat of arms and family crest of Dragho.

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

History and meaning for Dragho.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Dragho:

1) The origin of the family name Dragho.

2) The meaning of the family name Dragho.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Dragho.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Dragho.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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:

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

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

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

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

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

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