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FAMILY RIARIO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Riario.

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

History and meaning for Riario.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Riario:

1) The origin of the family name Riario.

2) The meaning of the family name Riario.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Riario.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Riario.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

* Genoa (Italy).

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

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

* Le Famiglie Nobili Genovesi, by Angelo Scorza.

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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 Riario:

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

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

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

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:

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* 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.

* 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.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* CRANE: The Crane is a symbol of a well-ordered Government under the power of a good boss, who distributes surveillance in turns; it also symbolizes Prudence in the art of governing peoples well.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter R index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Riaria | Go to name Riario | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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