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FAMILY LORETZ: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Loretz.

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

History and meaning for Loretz.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Loretz:

1) The origin of the family name Loretz.

2) The meaning of the family name Loretz.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Loretz.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Loretz.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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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 Loretz:

Name Loretz

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Loretz.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Loretz

Coat of arms for the name Loretz in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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

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

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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:

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter L index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Lorette | Go to name Loreyn | 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