FAMILY GENTSCH: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gentsch

Coat of arms and family crest of Gentsch.

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

History and meaning for Gentsch.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gentsch:

1) The origin of the family name Gentsch.

2) The meaning of the family name Gentsch.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gentsch.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gentsch.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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:

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* 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.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* 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.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

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

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

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