FAMILY GAZPAR: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gazpar

Coat of arms and family crest of Gazpar.

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

History and meaning for Gazpar.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gazpar:

1) The origin of the family name Gazpar.

2) The meaning of the family name Gazpar.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gazpar.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gazpar.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Gazpar has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Gazpar and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Gazpar have some different spelling.

It may be helpful for those with the name Gazpar 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 Gazpar 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 Gazpar 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are 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.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

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