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FAMILY LETENE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Letene.

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

History and meaning for Letene.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Letene:

1) The origin of the family name Letene.

2) The meaning of the family name Letene.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Letene.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Letene.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Letene 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 Letene:

* 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 Letene:

Name Letene

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

coat of arms sticker for Letene

Coat of arms for the name Letene in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Letene 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 Letene. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

It may be helpful for those with the name Letene to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Letene It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Letene can have graphic variants.

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

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

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:

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* 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.

* 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.

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

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

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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 Leten | Go to name Letewe | 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