FAMILY LANEAU: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Laneau

Coat of arms and family crest of Laneau.

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

History and meaning for Laneau.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Laneau:

1) The origin of the family name Laneau.

2) The meaning of the family name Laneau.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Laneau.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Laneau.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Laneau:

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

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

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

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:

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

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

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

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

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

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

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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 Lane (de la) du thay | Go to name Lanee | 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