FAMILY NESTANZA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Nestanza

Coat of arms and family crest of Nestanza.

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

History and meaning for Nestanza.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Nestanza:

1) The origin of the family name Nestanza.

2) The meaning of the family name Nestanza.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Nestanza.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Nestanza.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Nestanza, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Nestanza corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Nestanza of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The family name Nestanza appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his book "Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica", work that includes more than 5,000 heraldic coats of arms, among which is the family name Nestanza with its heraldry and origin, whose data have been extracted from personal files, military passports, unpublished nobility, ex libris, data from private archives and other documents. In summary, people with the surname Nestanza they have carried out some test of nobility and there are official coat of arms and crests of Nestanza certified by King of Arms.

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

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:

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

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

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

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