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FAMILY DORCAU: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Dorcau.

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

History and meaning for Dorcau.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Dorcau:

1) The origin of the family name Dorcau.

2) The meaning of the family name Dorcau.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Dorcau.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Dorcau.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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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 Dorcau:

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

coat of arms sticker for Dorcau

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Dorcau appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Dorcau. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Dorcau.

The history and heraldry of the family name Dorcau appears in the work "Solar catalan, valenciano y balear", by brothers Garcia Carraffa, so the persons with this family name are of Catalan origin or from other places and settled in Catalonia (Spain). The history and heraldry of the family name Dorcau appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.

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

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.

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

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

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

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

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