FAMILY MAELE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Maele

Coat of arms and family crest of Maele.

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

History and meaning for Maele.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Maele:

1) The origin of the family name Maele.

2) The meaning of the family name Maele.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Maele.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Maele.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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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 Maele:

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Maele 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 Maele, 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 Maele, and origin for the family name Maele, nobiliary titles of the family name Maele and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Maele appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

* 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.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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

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

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter M index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Maelcamp de shoonberghe | Go to name Maelen | 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