FAMILY DOUHET: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Douhet

Coat of arms and family crest of Douhet.

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

History and meaning for Douhet.

Douhet 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 Douhet 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 Douhet:

1) The origin of the family name Douhet.

2) The meaning of the family name Douhet.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Douhet.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Douhet.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The French region of Limoges.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* Nobiliaire du Diocèse et de la Generalite de Limoges, by L"Abbe Joseph Nadaud.

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

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

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

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

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

* CROWN: The Crown is a symbol of Royal or Seigniorial Authority and Dignity or Honorary Badge.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

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* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

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

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