FAMILY GOURCUFF (COMTES): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gourcuff (comtes)

Coat of arms and family crest of Gourcuff (comtes).

Genealogy of family Gourcuff (comtes), origin of Gourcuff (comtes), provenance of the family name Gourcuff (comtes).

History and meaning for Gourcuff (comtes).

Gourcuff (comtes) is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Gourcuff (comtes) an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

This family name Gourcuff (comtes) held the title of COUNT or VISCOUNT that his name indicates. It is therefore a noble family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gourcuff (comtes):

1) The origin of the family name Gourcuff (comtes).

2) The meaning of the family name Gourcuff (comtes).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gourcuff (comtes).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gourcuff (comtes).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Gourcuff (comtes):

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

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

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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:

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

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

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

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

* The family name Gourcuff (comtes) 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/

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