FAMILY OTHEGRAVEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Othegraven

Coat of arms and family crest of Othegraven.

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

History and meaning for Othegraven.

Othegraven 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 Othegraven 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 Othegraven:

1) The origin of the family name Othegraven.

2) The meaning of the family name Othegraven.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Othegraven.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Othegraven.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Othegraven are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Othegraven, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Othegraven, and origin for the family name Othegraven, nobiliary titles of the family name Othegraven and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Othegraven appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Othegraven appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Othegraven alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Othegraven, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Othegraven, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Othegraven.

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

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

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

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

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

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

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* 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.

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter O index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Othee de limont | Go to name Otheo | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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