FAMILY MENDIBIL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Mendibil

Coat of arms and family crest of Mendibil.

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

History and meaning for Mendibil.

Mendibil 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 Mendibil 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 Mendibil:

1) The origin of the family name Mendibil.

2) The meaning of the family name Mendibil.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mendibil.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mendibil.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Mendibil appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Mendibil. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Mendibil.

That the last name Mendibil is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Mendibil 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 Mendibil, to know the fights of nobility of the Mendibil, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Mendibil, honorary offices or public offices of the Mendibil.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Mendibil has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Mendibil and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Mendibil have some different spelling.

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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:

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

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

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

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

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