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FAMILY GILHAUSEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Gilhausen.

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

History and meaning for Gilhausen.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Gilhausen have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Gilhausen.

The surname Gilhausen is surely of SCANDINAVIAN origin, patronymic of the proper name of Gilhau, since the ending SEN means SON OF.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gilhausen:

1) The origin of the family name Gilhausen.

2) The meaning of the family name Gilhausen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gilhausen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gilhausen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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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 Gilhausen:

Name Gilhausen

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Gilhausen. Very cheap.

burnt parchment for Gilhausen name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Gilhausen.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Gilhausen and the history and origin for the family name Gilhausen in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Gilhausen

Coat of arms for the name Gilhausen in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Gilhausen 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 Gilhausen, 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 Gilhausen, and origin for the family name Gilhausen, nobiliary titles of the family name Gilhausen and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Gilhausen appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

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

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

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* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

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

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

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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 Gilham | Go to name Gili | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests