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FAMILY POMPOSO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Pomposo.

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

History and meaning for Pomposo.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Pomposo have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Pomposo.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Pomposo:

1) The origin of the family name Pomposo.

2) The meaning of the family name Pomposo.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Pomposo.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Pomposo.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Pomposo 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 Pomposo:

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

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

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

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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

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

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

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

* 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.

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

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

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