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FAMILY PADILHA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Padilha.

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

History and meaning for Padilha.

Padilha 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 Padilha 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 Padilha:

1) The origin of the family name Padilha.

2) The meaning of the family name Padilha.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Padilha.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Padilha.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Portugal.

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

* Armorial Lusitano, by Antonio Sergio.

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Padilha:

Name Padilha

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Padilha.
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Coat of arms for Padilha and the history and origin for the family name Padilha in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Padilha

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The history and heraldry of the family name Padilha appears in the "Armorial Lusitano" by Antonio Sergio, so that, the Padilha are either of Portuguese origin or with branches in Portugal. We must bear in mind that the Portuguese nobles are linked to the Castilian-Leonese and Galician nobility, in addition to Portugal was once united to Spain, what to keep in mind for the study of the family name Padilha.

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

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:

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

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

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

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

* 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.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

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

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Padilha

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