FAMILY MATS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Mats

Coat of arms and family crest of Mats.

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

History and meaning for Mats.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Mats have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Mats.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Mats:

1) The origin of the family name Mats.

2) The meaning of the family name Mats.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mats.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mats.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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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 Mats:

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Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Mats. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Mats. The name Mats also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Mats than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

It may be helpful for those with the name Mats 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 Mats 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 Mats 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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

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

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* 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.

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

* 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.

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

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