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FAMILY RIETER: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Rieter.

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

History and meaning for Rieter.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Rieter:

1) The origin of the family name Rieter.

2) The meaning of the family name Rieter.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Rieter.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Rieter.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Rieter:

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

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

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

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

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

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

* 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.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

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

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

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

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* 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.

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

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

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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 Rietenburg | Go to name Rietfelt | 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