FAMILY FLANDRE (DE): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Flandre (de)

Coat of arms and family crest of Flandre (de).

Genealogy of family Flandre (de), origin of Flandre (de), provenance of the family name Flandre (de).

History and meaning for Flandre (de).

Flandre (de) 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 Flandre (de) 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 Flandre (de):

1) The origin of the family name Flandre (de).

2) The meaning of the family name Flandre (de).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Flandre (de).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Flandre (de).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Flandre (de):

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

* Livre dor de la noblesse luxembourgeoise.

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Flandre (de) 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 Flandre (de) 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 Flandre (de) 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

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

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* 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.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* 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.

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

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

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

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

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