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FAMILY ORTENBACH: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Ortenbach.

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

History and meaning for Ortenbach.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Ortenbach 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 Ortenbach.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ortenbach:

1) The origin of the family name Ortenbach.

2) The meaning of the family name Ortenbach.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ortenbach.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ortenbach.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Ortenbach.
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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Ortenbach, 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 Ortenbach corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Ortenbach of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

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

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

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.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

* 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.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* The family name Ortenbach 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/

Heraldry for family name Ortenbach as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Ortenbach

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Ortenbach

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