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FAMILY FOLYE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Folye.

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

History and meaning for Folye.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Folye:

1) The origin of the family name Folye.

2) The meaning of the family name Folye.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Folye.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Folye.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Folye:

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Coat of arms for Folye and the history and origin for the family name Folye in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

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Coat of arms for the name Folye in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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

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

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

2) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

* 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.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

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

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

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

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

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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 Folvill | Go to name Folye (de la) | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests