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FAMILY DE GRAEF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of De graef.

Genealogy of family De graef, origin of De graef, provenance of the family name De graef.

History and meaning for De graef.

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

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name De graef.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name De graef:

1) The origin of the family name De graef.

2) The meaning of the family name De graef.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name De graef.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name De graef.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 De graef:

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

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

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

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:

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

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

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

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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 De gradi | Go to name De graeff van polsbroek | 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