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FAMILY MAYRES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Mayres.

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

History and meaning for Mayres.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Mayres:

1) The origin of the family name Mayres.

2) The meaning of the family name Mayres.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mayres.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mayres.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Mayres have or have been established, among other places, in:

* The French region of Limoges.

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

* Nobiliaire du Diocèse et de la Generalite de Limoges, by L"Abbe Joseph Nadaud.

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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 Mayres:

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It may be helpful for those with the name Mayres 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 Mayres 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 Mayres can have graphic variants.

The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Mayres appears in some or some books of the wide heraldic library of the Heraldry & Crests ( https://www.heraldrycrests.com ). In this web of the surname Mayres some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Mayres in parochial records of baptisms, marriages and deaths.

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

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:

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

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

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

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

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

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