FAMILY HENNIN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Hennin

Coat of arms and family crest of Hennin.

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

History and meaning for Hennin.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Hennin.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Hennin.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Hennin:

1) The origin of the family name Hennin.

2) The meaning of the family name Hennin.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Hennin.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Hennin.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* CROWN: The Crown is a symbol of Royal or Seigniorial Authority and Dignity or Honorary Badge.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

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* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter H index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Henniker-wilson | Go to name Hennin | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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