FAMILY FORTIA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Fortia

Coat of arms and family crest of Fortia.

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

History and meaning for Fortia.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Fortia:

1) The origin of the family name Fortia.

2) The meaning of the family name Fortia.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Fortia.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Fortia.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Fortia have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Catalonia (Spain).

* The French region of Limoges.

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

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

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

* Nobiliaire du Diocèse et de la Generalite de Limoges, by L"Abbe Joseph Nadaud.

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

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

The history and heraldry of the family name Fortia appears in the work "Solar catalan, valenciano y balear", by brothers Garcia Carraffa, so the persons with this family name are of Catalan origin or from other places and settled in Catalonia (Spain). The history and heraldry of the family name Fortia appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.

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

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

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

* 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.

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

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

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* The family name Fortia 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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