FAMILY RIBEIRA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Ribeira

Coat of arms and family crest of Ribeira.

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

History and meaning for Ribeira.

Ribeira is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Ribeira an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ribeira:

1) The origin of the family name Ribeira.

2) The meaning of the family name Ribeira.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ribeira.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ribeira.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Persons with the name Ribeira proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

It is known that the Ribeira have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

* Portugal.

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

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* Armorial Lusitano, by Antonio Sergio.

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The history and heraldry of the family name Ribeira appears in the "Armorial Lusitano" by Antonio Sergio, so that, the Ribeira are either of Portuguese origin or with branches in Portugal. We must bear in mind that the Portuguese nobles are linked to the Castilian-Leonese and Galician nobility, in addition to Portugal was once united to Spain, what to keep in mind for the study of the family name Ribeira.

The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Ribeira appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Ribeira so the Ribeira or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

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

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:

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* CROWN: The Crown is a symbol of Royal or Seigniorial Authority and Dignity or Honorary Badge.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* 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.

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