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FAMILY LA GRAÑA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of La graña.

Genealogy of family La graña, origin of La graña, provenance of the family name La graña.

History and meaning for La graña.

The heraldry and the history of the family name La graña have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name La graña.

The family name La graña is of SPANISH origin, since the letter Ñ is typical of Spain, although in Latin America many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Otomi, Quechua, Aymara, Mapuche and Guarani also have with the Ñ

SEVEN things you should know about the family name La graña:

1) The origin of the family name La graña.

2) The meaning of the family name La graña.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name La graña.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name La graña.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for La graña appears in some or some books of the wide heraldic library of the Heraldry & Crests ( https://www.heraldrycrests.com ). In this web of the surname La graña some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of La graña in parochial records of baptisms, marriages and deaths.

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

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

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

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

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

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* 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.

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

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