FAMILY EZA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Eza

Coat of arms and family crest of Eza.

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

History and meaning for Eza.

Eza 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 Eza 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 Eza:

1) The origin of the family name Eza.

2) The meaning of the family name Eza.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Eza.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Eza.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Eza proved their chivalry in this institution.

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

* Galicia (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

* Lekeitio (Vizcaya, Spain).

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

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

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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

* Heraldry of Lekeitio.

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

The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Eza appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Eza so the Eza or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

That the last name Eza is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Eza are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Eza, to know the fights of nobility of the Eza, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Eza, honorary offices or public offices of the Eza.

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

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

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

* CAULDRON: The Cauldrons along with other vessels: cups, jugs and kettles, which were used to handle victuals, were formerly the Richman brand.

* 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.

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

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

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