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FAMILY DES PLAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Des plas.

Genealogy of family Des plas, origin of Des plas, provenance of the family name Des plas.

History and meaning for Des plas.

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

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Des plas.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Des plas:

1) The origin of the family name Des plas.

2) The meaning of the family name Des plas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Des plas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Des plas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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:

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

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* 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.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

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

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

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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 Des plantiers | Go to name Des plats | 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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