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FAMILY GURLEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Gurlen.

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

History and meaning for Gurlen.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gurlen:

1) The origin of the family name Gurlen.

2) The meaning of the family name Gurlen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gurlen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gurlen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Gurlen 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 Gurlen:

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

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Gurlen:

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

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

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

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

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