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FAMILY MICHAEL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Michael.

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

History and meaning for Michael.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Michael:

1) The origin of the family name Michael.

2) The meaning of the family name Michael.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Michael.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Michael.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Michael 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 Michael:

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

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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 Michael:

Name Michael

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Michael. Very cheap.

burnt parchment for Michael name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Michael.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Michael

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

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

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:

* 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.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

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

* 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.

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

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

Michael

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter M index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Micha | Go to name Michael | 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