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FAMILY GREIN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Grein.

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

History and meaning for Grein.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Grein:

1) The origin of the family name Grein.

2) The meaning of the family name Grein.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Grein.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Grein.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Grein:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* 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.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* 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.

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

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

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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 Greimont de holzhausen | Go to name Greiña | 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