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FAMILY DURS (VAN): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Durs (van).

Genealogy of family Durs (van), origin of Durs (van), provenance of the family name Durs (van).

History and meaning for Durs (van).

The heraldry and the history of the family name Durs (van) 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 Durs (van).

The surname Durs (van) most likely originates from the NETHERLANDS.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Durs (van):

1) The origin of the family name Durs (van).

2) The meaning of the family name Durs (van).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Durs (van).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Durs (van).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Durs (van):

* 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 Durs (van):

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

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Coat of arms for the name Durs (van) in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Durs (van) to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Durs (van) It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Durs (van) can have graphic variants.

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Durs (van):

Durs (van)

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter D index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Durs | Go to name Dursch auf rohrbach | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

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