FAMILY ORTIGUELA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Ortiguela

Coat of arms and family crest of Ortiguela.

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

History and meaning for Ortiguela.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ortiguela:

1) The origin of the family name Ortiguela.

2) The meaning of the family name Ortiguela.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ortiguela.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ortiguela.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Galicia (Spain).

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

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

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The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Ortiguela appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Ortiguela so the Ortiguela or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

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

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:

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

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

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* The family name Ortiguela 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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