On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Igea.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Igea.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Igea:
1) The origin of the family name Igea.
2) The meaning of the family name Igea.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Igea.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Igea.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Igea has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Catalonia (Spain).
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Igea:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.
* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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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 Igea:
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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Igea, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Igea corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Igea of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Igea 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 Igea. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Igea.
The history and heraldry of the family name Igea appears in the work "Solar catalan, valenciano y balear", by brothers Garcia Carraffa, so the persons with this family name are of Catalan origin or from other places and settled in Catalonia (Spain). The history and heraldry of the family name Igea appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.
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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.
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:
* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.
* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protecci�n, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vest�an los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostent�ndola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el a�adido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.
* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.
* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.
* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.
* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.
* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.
* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.
* The family name Igea 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 Igea as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Igea
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