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FAMILY HERNS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Herns.

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

History and meaning for Herns.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Herns:

1) The origin of the family name Herns.

2) The meaning of the family name Herns.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Herns.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Herns.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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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 Herns:

Name Herns

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Herns. Very cheap.

burnt parchment for Herns name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Herns.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Herns and the history and origin for the family name Herns in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Herns

Coat of arms for the name Herns in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Herns appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Herns. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

It may be helpful for those with the name Herns 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 Herns 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 Herns 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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:

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

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

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

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

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

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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 Hernothon vicomtes de coetmeur | Go to name Hernshill | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests