FAMILY GRACHT: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Gracht

Coat of arms and family crest of Gracht.

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

History and meaning for Gracht.

We know that the family name Gracht 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 Gracht:

1) The origin of the family name Gracht.

2) The meaning of the family name Gracht.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gracht.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gracht.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Gracht:

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Gracht 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 Gracht 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 Gracht 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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:

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

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

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* 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.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

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

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

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

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