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FAMILY DRAKENBORG: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Drakenborg.

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

History and meaning for Drakenborg.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Drakenborg:

1) The origin of the family name Drakenborg.

2) The meaning of the family name Drakenborg.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Drakenborg.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Drakenborg.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* 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.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter D index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Drakenberg | Go to name Drakenborg (van) | 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