FAMILY PUJANA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Pujana

Coat of arms and family crest of Pujana.

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

History and meaning for Pujana.

Pujana 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 Pujana 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 Pujana:

1) The origin of the family name Pujana.

2) The meaning of the family name Pujana.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Pujana.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Pujana.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Pujana has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Pujana proved their chivalry in this institution.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Pujana, 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 Pujana corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Pujana of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Pujana appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Pujana. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Pujana.

That the last name Pujana is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Pujana are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Pujana, to know the fights of nobility of the Pujana, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Pujana, honorary offices or public offices of the Pujana.

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

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

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

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