FAMILY HERRERIAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Herrerias

Coat of arms and family crest of Herrerias.

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

History and meaning for Herrerias.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Herrerias:

1) The origin of the family name Herrerias.

2) The meaning of the family name Herrerias.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Herrerias.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Herrerias.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Herrerias has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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

That the last name Herrerias is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Herrerias are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Herrerias, to know the fights of nobility of the Herrerias, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Herrerias, honorary offices or public offices of the Herrerias.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Herrerias has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Herrerias and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Herrerias have some different spelling.

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

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

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

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