FAMILY GARAUNAGA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Garaunaga

Coat of arms and family crest of Garaunaga.

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

History and meaning for Garaunaga.

Garaunaga 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 Garaunaga 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 Garaunaga:

1) The origin of the family name Garaunaga.

2) The meaning of the family name Garaunaga.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Garaunaga.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Garaunaga.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Garaunaga have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

* Lekeitio (Vizcaya, Spain).

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

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Heraldry of Lekeitio.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Garaunaga 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 Garaunaga. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Garaunaga.

That the last name Garaunaga is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Garaunaga are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Garaunaga, to know the fights of nobility of the Garaunaga, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Garaunaga, honorary offices or public offices of the Garaunaga.

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

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:

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* 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.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

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