FAMILY OLALQUIAGA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Olalquiaga

Coat of arms and family crest of Olalquiaga.

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

History and meaning for Olalquiaga.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Olalquiaga:

1) The origin of the family name Olalquiaga.

2) The meaning of the family name Olalquiaga.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Olalquiaga.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Olalquiaga.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Olalquiaga 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 Olalquiaga:

* Heraldario Hispanoamericano y Europeo, by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez and 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 Olalquiaga 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 Olalquiaga. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Olalquiaga.

The family name Olalquiaga is registered in the "Heraldario Espanol, Europeo y Americano" by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas and the King of Arms Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent. In this work there are names, like Olalquiaga that have branches in America and / or Europe.

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

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

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:

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

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

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* 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.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* The family name Olalquiaga 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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