FAMILY LAUREAU: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Laureau

Coat of arms and family crest of Laureau.

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

History and meaning for Laureau.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Laureau:

1) The origin of the family name Laureau.

2) The meaning of the family name Laureau.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Laureau.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Laureau.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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:

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

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

* 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.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

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

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

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