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FAMILY DORCA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Dorca.

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

History and meaning for Dorca.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Dorca have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Dorca.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Dorca:

1) The origin of the family name Dorca.

2) The meaning of the family name Dorca.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Dorca.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Dorca.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Dorca has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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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 Dorca:

Name Dorca

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Dorca. Very cheap.

burnt parchment for Dorca name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Dorca.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Dorca and the history and origin for the family name Dorca in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Dorca

Coat of arms for the name Dorca in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The family name Dorca appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Dorca has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Dorca arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Dorca are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Dorca are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Dorca have made some test of nobility or knightage.

It may be helpful for those with the name Dorca to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Dorca It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Dorca can have graphic variants.

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:

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

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

* PINE: The Pine, due to its elevation, is a symbol of Noble and enlightened Thoughts and due to its resinous nature, suitable for burning, of a Fiery Heart in avenging family outrages.

* 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.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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

* 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.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

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

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