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FAMILY GORRAIZ (GORRAEZ): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Gorraiz (gorraez).

Genealogy of family Gorraiz (gorraez), origin of Gorraiz (gorraez), provenance of the family name Gorraiz (gorraez).

History and meaning for Gorraiz (gorraez).

We know that the family name Gorraiz (gorraez) has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gorraiz (gorraez):

1) The origin of the family name Gorraiz (gorraez).

2) The meaning of the family name Gorraiz (gorraez).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gorraiz (gorraez).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gorraiz (gorraez).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Gorraiz (gorraez):

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

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

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

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

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

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

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

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

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