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FAMILY FITZMAURICE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Fitzmaurice.

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

History and meaning for Fitzmaurice.

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

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

The surname Fitzmaurice is GERMANIZED SLAVIC and is probably of JEWISH origin, as surnames containing the particles ITZ or ITSCH usually are.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Fitzmaurice:

1) The origin of the family name Fitzmaurice.

2) The meaning of the family name Fitzmaurice.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Fitzmaurice.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Fitzmaurice.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Fitzmaurice 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 Fitzmaurice 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 Fitzmaurice 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) 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:

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* LEBREL: The Lebrels denote Burning and Courage in undertaking dangers, with such decision, that they need to contain their effort. The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter F index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Fitzhugh lord fitzhugh | Go to name Fitzmaurice | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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