FAMILY REUSS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Reuss

Coat of arms and family crest of Reuss.

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

History and meaning for Reuss.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Reuss 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 Reuss.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Reuss:

1) The origin of the family name Reuss.

2) The meaning of the family name Reuss.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Reuss.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Reuss.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Reuss, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Reuss corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Reuss of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

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

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

The family name Reuss appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his book "Apendice al Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica", work that includes more than 5,000 heraldic coats of arms, among which is the family name Reuss with its heraldry and origin, whose data have been extracted from personal files, military passports, unpublished nobility, ex libris, data from private archives and other documents. In summary, people with the surname Reuss they have carried out some test of nobility and there are official coat of arms and crests of Reuss certified by King of Arms.

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

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

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

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

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* 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.

* 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.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

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

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* 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.

* The family name Reuss 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/

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