FAMILY LEPSE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Lepse

Coat of arms and family crest of Lepse.

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

History and meaning for Lepse.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Lepse have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Lepse.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Lepse:

1) The origin of the family name Lepse.

2) The meaning of the family name Lepse.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Lepse.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Lepse.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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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 Lepse:

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Coat of arms for Lepse and the history and origin for the family name Lepse in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Lepse appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Lepse. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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

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

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

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* 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.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* 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.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* 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.

* 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.

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

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

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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 Leps | Go to name Lepton | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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