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FAMILY FRANCS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Francs.

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

History and meaning for Francs.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Francs:

1) The origin of the family name Francs.

2) The meaning of the family name Francs.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Francs.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Francs.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Francs:

Name Francs

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Francs. Very cheap.

burnt parchment for Francs name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Francs.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Francs

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

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

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

2) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

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

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

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

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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 Francquen (de) | Go to name Francs (des) | 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