FAMILY PASQUIER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Pasquier

Coat of arms and family crest of Pasquier.

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

History and meaning for Pasquier.

Pasquier 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 Pasquier 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 Pasquier:

1) The origin of the family name Pasquier.

2) The meaning of the family name Pasquier.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Pasquier.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Pasquier.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

* Estremadura (Spain).

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

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

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

* Nobiliario de Extremadura, by Adolfo Barredo de Valenzuela y Arrojo, and Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez.

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

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

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Pasquier 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 Pasquier. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Pasquier.

That the last name Pasquier is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Pasquier 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 Pasquier, to know the fights of nobility of the Pasquier, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Pasquier, honorary offices or public offices of the Pasquier.

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

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

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:

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

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

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

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