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FAMILY ESTOPA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Estopa.

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

History and meaning for Estopa.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Estopa:

1) The origin of the family name Estopa.

2) The meaning of the family name Estopa.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Estopa.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Estopa.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

* Catalonia (Spain).

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

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by 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 Estopa:

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The history and heraldry of the family name Estopa 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 Estopa appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.

It may be helpful for those with the name Estopa 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 Estopa 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 Estopa 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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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:

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

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

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

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

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