FAMILY MATANZAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Matanzas

Coat of arms and family crest of Matanzas.

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

History and meaning for Matanzas.

Matanzas is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Matanzas an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Matanzas:

1) The origin of the family name Matanzas.

2) The meaning of the family name Matanzas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Matanzas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Matanzas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Matanzas 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 Matanzas have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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That the last name Matanzas is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Matanzas are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Matanzas, to know the fights of nobility of the Matanzas, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Matanzas, honorary offices or public offices of the Matanzas.

The family name Matanzas appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Matanzas has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Matanzas arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Matanzas are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Matanzas are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Matanzas have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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) 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:

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

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

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* The family name Matanzas 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/

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