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FAMILY FOLKESTONE (VICOMTE): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Folkestone (vicomte).

Genealogy of family Folkestone (vicomte), origin of Folkestone (vicomte), provenance of the family name Folkestone (vicomte).

History and meaning for Folkestone (vicomte).

Folkestone (vicomte) 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 Folkestone (vicomte) an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

This family name Folkestone (vicomte) held the title of COUNT or VISCOUNT that his name indicates. It is therefore a noble family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Folkestone (vicomte):

1) The origin of the family name Folkestone (vicomte).

2) The meaning of the family name Folkestone (vicomte).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Folkestone (vicomte).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Folkestone (vicomte).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Folkestone (vicomte):

* 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 Folkestone (vicomte) 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 Folkestone (vicomte), 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 Folkestone (vicomte), and origin for the family name Folkestone (vicomte), nobiliary titles of the family name Folkestone (vicomte) and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Folkestone (vicomte) appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* CROWN: The Crown is a symbol of Royal or Seigniorial Authority and Dignity or Honorary Badge.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Folkestone (vicomte):

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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 Folkestone | Go to name Folkeworth | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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