FAMILY GUARCA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Guarca

Coat of arms and family crest of Guarca.

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

History and meaning for Guarca.

We know that the family name Guarca has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Guarca:

1) The origin of the family name Guarca.

2) The meaning of the family name Guarca.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Guarca.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Guarca.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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The family name Guarca appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Guarca has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Guarca arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Guarca are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Guarca are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Guarca have made some test of nobility or knightage.

It may be helpful for those with the name Guarca 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 Guarca 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 Guarca 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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

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

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

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

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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