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FAMILY GRIFTEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Griften.

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

History and meaning for Griften.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Griften:

1) The origin of the family name Griften.

2) The meaning of the family name Griften.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Griften.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Griften.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Griften:

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Griften.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Griften

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

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

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

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

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

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

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* 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.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

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

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

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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 Grifonniere | Go to name Grigby | 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