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FAMILY PICQUES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Picques.

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

History and meaning for Picques.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Picques:

1) The origin of the family name Picques.

2) The meaning of the family name Picques.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Picques.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Picques.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Picques:

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

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Coat of arms for the name Picques in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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

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

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

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:

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

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

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

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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 Picquery | Go to name Picquet | 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