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 Folgueira:
1) The origin of the family name Folgueira.
2) The meaning of the family name Folgueira.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Folgueira.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Folgueira.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Folgueira 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 Folgueira proved their chivalry in this institution.
It is known that the Folgueira have or have been established, among other places, in:
* Galicia (Spain).
* Canary Islands (Spain).
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Folgueira:
* 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.
* 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 Folgueira, 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 Folgueira corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Folgueira of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Folgueira 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 Folgueira so the Folgueira or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.
According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Folgueira has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Folgueira and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Folgueira have some different spelling.
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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.
2) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.
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.
* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.
* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.
* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.
* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.
* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.
* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.
* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.
* The family name Folgueira 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/
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