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FAMILY MATERNSTEIN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Maternstein.

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

History and meaning for Maternstein.

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

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

The surname Maternstein is very likely to be of JEWISH ORIGIN, as the word STEIN, which simply means "stone" in the English language, was widely used by the Jews of the Yiddish community, Azkenazi Jews.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Maternstein:

1) The origin of the family name Maternstein.

2) The meaning of the family name Maternstein.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Maternstein.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Maternstein.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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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 Maternstein:

Name Maternstein

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Maternstein

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

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Maternstein 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 Maternstein, 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 Maternstein, and origin for the family name Maternstein, nobiliary titles of the family name Maternstein and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Maternstein appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

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

* 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.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

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

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

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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 Materne | Go to name Materon | 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