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FAMILY GUNDRIPHEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Gundriphen.

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

History and meaning for Gundriphen.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gundriphen:

1) The origin of the family name Gundriphen.

2) The meaning of the family name Gundriphen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gundriphen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gundriphen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Gundriphen 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 Gundriphen 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 Gundriphen 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:

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

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

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Gundriphen:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter G index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Gundriching | Go to name Gundrowski | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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