FAMILY DUNGLAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Dunglas

Coat of arms and family crest of Dunglas.

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

History and meaning for Dunglas.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Dunglas:

1) The origin of the family name Dunglas.

2) The meaning of the family name Dunglas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Dunglas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Dunglas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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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 Dunglas:

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

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

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

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

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

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

* 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.

* LEBREL: The Lebrels denote Burning and Courage in undertaking dangers, with such decision, that they need to contain their effort. The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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

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

* 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.

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

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

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

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

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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 Dungern | Go to name Dunglas (baron) | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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