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FAMILY MARTINEZ-ZAPATA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Martinez-zapata.

Genealogy of family Martinez-zapata, origin of Martinez-zapata, provenance of the family name Martinez-zapata.

History and meaning for Martinez-zapata.

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

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Martinez-zapata.

The family name Martinez-zapata is a COMPOSITE surname of the surname Martinez, which appears first, and zapata.

The surname Martinez-zapata is a Spanish SURNAME, composed of the surname MARTINEZ, from which we derive the link to the surname Martinez (in Spanish language).

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Martinez-zapata:

1) The origin of the family name Martinez-zapata.

2) The meaning of the family name Martinez-zapata.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Martinez-zapata.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Martinez-zapata.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Martinez-zapata:

* Heraldario Hispanoamericano y Europeo, by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez and the Spanish King of Arms don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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The family name Martinez-zapata is registered in the "Heraldario Espanol, Europeo y Americano" by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas and the King of Arms Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent. In this work there are names, like Martinez-zapata that have branches in America and / or Europe.

It may be helpful for those with the name Martinez-zapata 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 Martinez-zapata 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 Martinez-zapata 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) 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:

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

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

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

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

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

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

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