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FAMILY HEYGENDORFF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Heygendorff.

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

History and meaning for Heygendorff.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Heygendorff:

1) The origin of the family name Heygendorff.

2) The meaning of the family name Heygendorff.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Heygendorff.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Heygendorff.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) 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:

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

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

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

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

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

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

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

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

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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 Heygate de southend | Go to name Heyger | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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