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FAMILY GRAWERDT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Grawerdt.

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

History and meaning for Grawerdt.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Grawerdt:

1) The origin of the family name Grawerdt.

2) The meaning of the family name Grawerdt.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Grawerdt.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Grawerdt.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

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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 Grawe (edle von) | Go to name Grawert | 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