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FAMILY LAFFITTE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Laffitte.

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

History and meaning for Laffitte.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Laffitte:

1) The origin of the family name Laffitte.

2) The meaning of the family name Laffitte.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Laffitte.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Laffitte.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

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

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

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

That the last name Laffitte is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Laffitte 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 Laffitte, to know the fights of nobility of the Laffitte, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Laffitte, honorary offices or public offices of the Laffitte.

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

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:

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

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

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* The family name Laffitte 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/

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