FAMILY FRANZ: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Franz

Coat of arms and family crest of Franz.

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

History and meaning for Franz.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Franz:

1) The origin of the family name Franz.

2) The meaning of the family name Franz.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Franz.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Franz.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 Franz:

Name Franz

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

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Franz

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

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

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Franz has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Franz and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Franz have some different spelling.

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

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

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:

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

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

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

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

Related Words: Franz family crest | Origin of the name Franz | Genealogy of the family Franz | Heraldry of the name Franz | Coat of arms of Franz | Genealogy of the Franz | Origin of the Franz | Meaning of the name Franz.

Franz

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

Franz

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter F index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Franville town of | Go to name Franz | 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