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FAMILY PORTIER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Portier.

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

History and meaning for Portier.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Portier:

1) The origin of the family name Portier.

2) The meaning of the family name Portier.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Portier.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Portier.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Portier:

Name Portier

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burnt parchment for Portier name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Portier.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Portier

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

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

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

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

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

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

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

* 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.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* 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.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

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

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

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

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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 Portielje | Go to name Portier | 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