FAMILY ESQUIER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Esquier

Coat of arms and family crest of Esquier.

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

History and meaning for Esquier.

We know that the family name Esquier has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Esquier:

1) The origin of the family name Esquier.

2) The meaning of the family name Esquier.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Esquier.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Esquier.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

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

* Heraldica de los apellidos canarios, by Lino Chaparro D`Acosta.

* Heraldario Hispanoamericano y Europeo, by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez and the Spanish King of Arms don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Esquier, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Esquier corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Esquier of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Esquier 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 Esquier. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Esquier.

The history and heraldry of the family name Esquier 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 Esquier 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

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

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

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

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