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FAMILY MICHELSDORF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Michelsdorf.

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

History and meaning for Michelsdorf.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Michelsdorf:

1) The origin of the family name Michelsdorf.

2) The meaning of the family name Michelsdorf.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Michelsdorf.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Michelsdorf.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Michelsdorf:

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

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

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

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:

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

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

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

* PINE: The Pine, due to its elevation, is a symbol of Noble and enlightened Thoughts and due to its resinous nature, suitable for burning, of a Fiery Heart in avenging family outrages.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

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

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

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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 Michelsburg | Go to name Michelsdorf | 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