On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Marchal.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Marchal.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Marchal:
1) The origin of the family name Marchal.
2) The meaning of the family name Marchal.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Marchal.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Marchal.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Marchal has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
It is known that the Marchal have or have been established, among other places, in:
* Canary Islands (Spain).
* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Marchal:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility
* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.
* 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 Marchal:
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Coat of arms for Marchal and the history and origin for the family name Marchal in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.
The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Marchal 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 Marchal. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.
The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Marchal 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 Marchal, 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 Marchal, and origin for the family name Marchal, nobiliary titles of the family name Marchal and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Marchal appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.
The family crest and coat of arms of Marchal 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 Marchal alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Marchal, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Marchal, 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 Marchal.According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Marchal has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Marchal and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Marchal have some different spelling.
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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.
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:
* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.
* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.
* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.
* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.
* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.
* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.
* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.
* CABRIO: The Cabrio 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 Marchal 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 Marchal as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Marchal
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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