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Family name Guenet

Coat of arms and family crest of Guenet.

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

History and meaning for Guenet.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Guenet:

1) The origin of the family name Guenet.

2) The meaning of the family name Guenet.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Guenet.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Guenet.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Guenet 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 Guenet, 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 Guenet, and origin for the family name Guenet, nobiliary titles of the family name Guenet and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Guenet appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

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

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

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

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