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FAMILY DOREY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Dorey.

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

History and meaning for Dorey.

Dorey is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Dorey an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Dorey:

1) The origin of the family name Dorey.

2) The meaning of the family name Dorey.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Dorey.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Dorey.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Dorey:

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

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

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

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

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

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

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

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

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

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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 Dorette | Go to name Dorfbeck | 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