FAMILY PERCASTEGUI: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Percastegui

Coat of arms and family crest of Percastegui.

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

History and meaning for Percastegui.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Percastegui.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Percastegui.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Percastegui:

1) The origin of the family name Percastegui.

2) The meaning of the family name Percastegui.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Percastegui.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Percastegui.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Percastegui 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 Percastegui 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 Percastegui:

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

* 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.

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

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

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Percastegui. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Percastegui. The name Percastegui also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Percastegui than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

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

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:

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

* 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.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

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

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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

* 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.

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