FAMILY GUERRAF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Guerraf

Coat of arms and family crest of Guerraf.

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

History and meaning for Guerraf.

Guerraf 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 Guerraf 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 Guerraf:

1) The origin of the family name Guerraf.

2) The meaning of the family name Guerraf.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Guerraf.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Guerraf.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Guerraf 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 Guerraf:

* 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 Guerraf 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 Guerraf 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 Guerraf 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 Guerraf are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Guerraf 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 Guerraf have made some test of nobility or knightage.

It may be helpful for those with the name Guerraf 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 Guerraf 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 Guerraf 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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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:

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* The family name Guerraf 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/

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