FAMILY DE POTTER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name De potter

Coat of arms and family crest of De potter.

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

History and meaning for De potter.

We know that the family name De potter has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

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

1) The origin of the family name De potter.

2) The meaning of the family name De potter.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name De potter.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name De potter.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) 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:

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

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are 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.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

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

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

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

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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 pot | Go to name De potter d'indoye | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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