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FAMILY DONOSTEVE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Donosteve.

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

History and meaning for Donosteve.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Donosteve:

1) The origin of the family name Donosteve.

2) The meaning of the family name Donosteve.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Donosteve.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Donosteve.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Donosteve have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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That the last name Donosteve is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Donosteve are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Donosteve, to know the fights of nobility of the Donosteve, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Donosteve, honorary offices or public offices of the Donosteve.

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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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:

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

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

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

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

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

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

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

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