FAMILY OLAERROTA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Olaerrota

Coat of arms and family crest of Olaerrota.

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

History and meaning for Olaerrota.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Olaerrota have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Olaerrota.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Olaerrota:

1) The origin of the family name Olaerrota.

2) The meaning of the family name Olaerrota.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Olaerrota.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Olaerrota.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Olaerrota 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 Olaerrota:

* 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 Olaerrota 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 Olaerrota. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Olaerrota.

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

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

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:

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* HEART: The Heart is a symbol of Vigilant Vassal. In its fiery color, it demonstrates Warmth of mind and loving expression of Affection.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

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

* 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.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

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

* The family name Olaerrota 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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