FAMILY OLABARRIAGA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Olabarriaga

Coat of arms and family crest of Olabarriaga.

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

History and meaning for Olabarriaga.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Olabarriaga:

1) The origin of the family name Olabarriaga.

2) The meaning of the family name Olabarriaga.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Olabarriaga.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Olabarriaga.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Olabarriaga has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

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

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Olabarriaga 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 Olabarriaga. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Olabarriaga.

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

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Olabarriaga. 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 Olabarriaga. The name Olabarriaga 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 Olabarriaga than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

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

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

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

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

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

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron 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.

* The family name Olabarriaga 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/

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