On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Franch.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Franch.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Franch:
1) The origin of the family name Franch.
2) The meaning of the family name Franch.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Franch.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Franch.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Franch has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
It is known that the Franch have or have been established, among other places, in:
* Canary Islands (Spain).
* Catalonia (Spain).
* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Franch:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.
* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.
* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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The family Franch appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Franch and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Franch is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.
The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Franch, 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 Franch corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Franch of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The history and heraldry of the family name Franch 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 Franch 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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.
2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.
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:
* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.
* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.
* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.
* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.
* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.
* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.
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* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.
* The family name Franch 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 Franch as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Franch
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