FAMILY LUDKE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Ludke

Coat of arms and family crest of Ludke.

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

History and meaning for Ludke.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ludke:

1) The origin of the family name Ludke.

2) The meaning of the family name Ludke.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ludke.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ludke.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

2) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

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

* 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.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

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

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

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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 Ludington | Go to name Ludkin | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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