FAMILY LEGARRA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Legarra

Coat of arms and family crest of Legarra.

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

History and meaning for Legarra.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Legarra:

1) The origin of the family name Legarra.

2) The meaning of the family name Legarra.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Legarra.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Legarra.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Legarra has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

It is known that the Legarra have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

* Lekeitio (Vizcaya, Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Heraldry of Lekeitio.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Legarra appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Legarra. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Legarra.

That the last name Legarra is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Legarra are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Legarra, to know the fights of nobility of the Legarra, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Legarra, honorary offices or public offices of the Legarra.

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Legarra. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Legarra. The name Legarra also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Legarra than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

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

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

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

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

* 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.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* The family name Legarra 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/

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