FAMILY GUADIANA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Guadiana

Coat of arms and family crest of Guadiana.

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

History and meaning for Guadiana.

Guadiana is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Guadiana an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Guadiana:

1) The origin of the family name Guadiana.

2) The meaning of the family name Guadiana.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Guadiana.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Guadiana.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Guadiana has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

Persons with the name Guadiana proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

It is known that the Guadiana have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Portugal.

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Armorial Lusitano, by Antonio Sergio.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The history and heraldry of the family name Guadiana appears in the "Armorial Lusitano" by Antonio Sergio, so that, the Guadiana are either of Portuguese origin or with branches in Portugal. We must bear in mind that the Portuguese nobles are linked to the Castilian-Leonese and Galician nobility, in addition to Portugal was once united to Spain, what to keep in mind for the study of the family name Guadiana.

The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Guadiana, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Guadiana corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Guadiana of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Guadiana appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Guadiana. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Guadiana.

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

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

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:

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

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

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* 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.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

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