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FAMILY MONTIGNIES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Montignies.

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

History and meaning for Montignies.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Montignies:

1) The origin of the family name Montignies.

2) The meaning of the family name Montignies.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Montignies.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Montignies.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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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 Montignies:

Name Montignies

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burnt parchment for Montignies name

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Montignies

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

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Montignies appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Montignies. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

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

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

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

Montignies

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