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FAMILY MERCAU: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Mercau.

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

History and meaning for Mercau.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Mercau:

1) The origin of the family name Mercau.

2) The meaning of the family name Mercau.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mercau.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mercau.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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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 Mercau:

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

coat of arms sticker for Mercau

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

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The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Mercau 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 Mercau some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Mercau 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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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:

* 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.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

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

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

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

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