FAMILY MILKAU: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Milkau

Coat of arms and family crest of Milkau.

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

History and meaning for Milkau.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Milkau:

1) The origin of the family name Milkau.

2) The meaning of the family name Milkau.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Milkau.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Milkau.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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

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.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

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

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

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