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FAMILY GONDOMAR: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Gondomar.

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

History and meaning for Gondomar.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Gondomar 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 Gondomar.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gondomar:

1) The origin of the family name Gondomar.

2) The meaning of the family name Gondomar.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gondomar.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gondomar.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Galicia (Spain).

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

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

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The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Gondomar appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Gondomar so the Gondomar or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

It may be helpful for those with the name Gondomar 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 Gondomar 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 Gondomar 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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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:

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

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

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

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

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