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FAMILY GREVE (DE): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Greve (de).

Genealogy of family Greve (de), origin of Greve (de), provenance of the family name Greve (de).

History and meaning for Greve (de).

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Greve (de).

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Greve (de).

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Greve (de):

1) The origin of the family name Greve (de).

2) The meaning of the family name Greve (de).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Greve (de).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Greve (de).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Greve (de):

* 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 Greve (de):

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Greve (de) to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Greve (de) It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Greve (de) can have graphic variants.

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

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:

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

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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

* HEART: The Heart is a symbol of Vigilant Vassal. In its fiery color, it demonstrates Warmth of mind and loving expression of Affection.

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

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Greve (de):

Greve (de)

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter G index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Greve | Go to name Greve (de) van der wilt | 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