FAMILY LAIGUE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Laigue

Coat of arms and family crest of Laigue.

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

History and meaning for Laigue.

We know that the family name Laigue has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Laigue:

1) The origin of the family name Laigue.

2) The meaning of the family name Laigue.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Laigue.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Laigue.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* 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.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

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

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

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