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FAMILY DURPAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Durpas.

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

History and meaning for Durpas.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Durpas:

1) The origin of the family name Durpas.

2) The meaning of the family name Durpas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Durpas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Durpas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Durpas have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Durpas appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Durpas. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Durpas.

That the last name Durpas is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Durpas are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Durpas, to know the fights of nobility of the Durpas, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Durpas, honorary offices or public offices of the Durpas.

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

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

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

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

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* 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.

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

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