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FAMILY FREIJO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Freijo.

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

History and meaning for Freijo.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Freijo:

1) The origin of the family name Freijo.

2) The meaning of the family name Freijo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Freijo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Freijo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Persons with the name Freijo proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

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

* Galicia (Spain).

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

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Freijo, 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 Freijo corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Freijo of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Freijo appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Freijo so the Freijo or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

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

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

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

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

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

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