FAMILY FREGOSO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Fregoso

Coat of arms and family crest of Fregoso.

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

History and meaning for Fregoso.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Fregoso have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Fregoso.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Fregoso:

1) The origin of the family name Fregoso.

2) The meaning of the family name Fregoso.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Fregoso.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Fregoso.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

* Genoa (Italy).

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Le Famiglie Nobili Genovesi, by Angelo Scorza.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Fregoso appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Fregoso. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Fregoso.

It may be helpful for those with the name Fregoso to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Fregoso It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Fregoso can have graphic variants.

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:

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* The family name Fregoso 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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