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FAMILY DEWALL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Dewall.

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

History and meaning for Dewall.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Dewall:

1) The origin of the family name Dewall.

2) The meaning of the family name Dewall.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Dewall.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Dewall.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Dewall:

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

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

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

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

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

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

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

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

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

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

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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 Dewald (barons) | Go to name Dewall (von) | 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