FAMILY HOUTKAMP: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Houtkamp

Coat of arms and family crest of Houtkamp.

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

History and meaning for Houtkamp.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Houtkamp:

1) The origin of the family name Houtkamp.

2) The meaning of the family name Houtkamp.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Houtkamp.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Houtkamp.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 Houtkamp:

Name Houtkamp

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

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Houtkamp

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

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

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

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:

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

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

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

Related Words: Houtkamp family crest | Origin of the name Houtkamp | Genealogy of the family Houtkamp | Heraldry of the name Houtkamp | Coat of arms of Houtkamp | Genealogy of the Houtkamp | Origin of the Houtkamp | Meaning of the name Houtkamp.

Houtkamp

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

Houtkamp

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter H index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Houthem (van) | Go to name Houtkoper | 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