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FAMILY GREUNINGEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Greuningen.

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

History and meaning for Greuningen.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Greuningen:

1) The origin of the family name Greuningen.

2) The meaning of the family name Greuningen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Greuningen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Greuningen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Greuningen:

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

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

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

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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:

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron 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.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* 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.

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

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

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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 Greulich | Go to name Greuse | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests