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FAMILY LEGAZPIA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Legazpia.

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

History and meaning for Legazpia.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Legazpia:

1) The origin of the family name Legazpia.

2) The meaning of the family name Legazpia.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Legazpia.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Legazpia.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

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

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

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Legazpia 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 Legazpia. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Legazpia.

That the last name Legazpia is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Legazpia 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 Legazpia, to know the fights of nobility of the Legazpia, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Legazpia, honorary offices or public offices of the Legazpia.

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

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:

* 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.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

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

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

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

* 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.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* The family name Legazpia 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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