FAMILY MERVIS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Mervis

Coat of arms and family crest of Mervis.

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

History and meaning for Mervis.

Mervis is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Mervis an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Mervis:

1) The origin of the family name Mervis.

2) The meaning of the family name Mervis.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mervis.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mervis.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

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

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

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The family Mervis appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Mervis and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Mervis is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

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

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.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

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

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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 Mervin | Go to name Mervisse | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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