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FAMILY PREAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Prean.

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

History and meaning for Prean.

Prean 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 Prean 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 Prean:

1) The origin of the family name Prean.

2) The meaning of the family name Prean.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Prean.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Prean.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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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 Prean:

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

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Prean 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 Prean, 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 Prean, and origin for the family name Prean, nobiliary titles of the family name Prean and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Prean appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Prean 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 Prean alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Prean, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Prean, 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 Prean.

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:

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Prean:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter P index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Preame | Go to name Preau | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests