Guells 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 Guells 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 Guells:
1) The origin of the family name Guells.
2) The meaning of the family name Guells.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Guells.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Guells.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Guells has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
It is known that the Guells have or have been established, among other places, in:
* Catalonia (Spain).
* The Island of Mallorca (Spain).
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Guells:
* 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.
* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.
* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
* Nobiliario Mallorquin, by Joaquin Maria Bover.
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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Guells 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 Guells. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Guells.
The Nobiliario Mallorquin written by Joaquin Maria Bover, where is the heraldry and history of the family name Guells, born from the need to fix and disseminate the more or less noble lineages of Mallorca and its blazon, and the desire to reinforce the prestige of the family name Guells with the relation of the deeds of their ancestors. Joaquin Mª Bover relates in this book more or less relevant persons with the name Guells by historical facts without the need of links with nobiliary corporations or military orders, therefore combines data of the name Guells about bourgeois, peasants, workers, Jews, nobles, etc. and all this adorned with their blazons, always using as sources, armorial and specialized knowledge of the author, since this is of recognized heraldic capacity and considers heraldry as an inescapable auxiliary science of History.
The history and heraldry of the family name Guells appears in the work "Solar catalan, valenciano y balear", by brothers Garcia Carraffa, so the persons with this family name are of Catalan origin or from other places and settled in Catalonia (Spain). The history and heraldry of the family name Guells appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.
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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.
2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.
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:
* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.
* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.
* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.
* 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.
* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.
* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.
* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.
* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.
* The family name Guells 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 Guells as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Guells
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