FAMILY ORCOLAGA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Orcolaga

Coat of arms and family crest of Orcolaga.

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

History and meaning for Orcolaga.

Orcolaga is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Orcolaga an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Orcolaga:

1) The origin of the family name Orcolaga.

2) The meaning of the family name Orcolaga.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Orcolaga.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Orcolaga.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Orcolaga 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 Orcolaga:

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

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

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

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* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

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