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FAMILY GRAVOIL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Gravoil.

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

History and meaning for Gravoil.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gravoil:

1) The origin of the family name Gravoil.

2) The meaning of the family name Gravoil.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gravoil.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gravoil.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Gravoil:

Name Gravoil

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burnt parchment for Gravoil name

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Gravoil

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

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

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

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:

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

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

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter G index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Gravius | Go to name Gravolosa | 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