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FAMILY GRIEF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Grief.

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

History and meaning for Grief.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Grief have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Grief.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Grief:

1) The origin of the family name Grief.

2) The meaning of the family name Grief.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Grief.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Grief.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Grief:

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

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Grief 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 Grief 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 Grief 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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:

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* LEBREL: The Lebrels denote Burning and Courage in undertaking dangers, with such decision, that they need to contain their effort. The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* 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.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

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

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

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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 Griecken (van) | Go to name Griego | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

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