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FAMILY PFEFFERKORN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Pfefferkorn.

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

History and meaning for Pfefferkorn.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Pfefferkorn:

1) The origin of the family name Pfefferkorn.

2) The meaning of the family name Pfefferkorn.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Pfefferkorn.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Pfefferkorn.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

2) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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:

* 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.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* 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.

* 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.

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

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

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

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

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

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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 Pfefferbalg | Go to name Pfefferl de biberbach | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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

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