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FAMILY MINTIER (LE): COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Mintier (le).

Genealogy of family Mintier (le), origin of Mintier (le), provenance of the family name Mintier (le).

History and meaning for Mintier (le).

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Mintier (le).

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Mintier (le).

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Mintier (le):

1) The origin of the family name Mintier (le).

2) The meaning of the family name Mintier (le).

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mintier (le).

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mintier (le).

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Mintier (le):

* 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 Mintier (le) 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 Mintier (le), 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 Mintier (le), and origin for the family name Mintier (le), nobiliary titles of the family name Mintier (le) and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Mintier (le) appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Mintier (le) to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Mintier (le) It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Mintier (le) can have graphic variants.

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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* 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.

* 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.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Mintier (le):

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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 Mintier | Go to name Mintier (le) | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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