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FAMILY RIGORD: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Rigord.

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

History and meaning for Rigord.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Rigord:

1) The origin of the family name Rigord.

2) The meaning of the family name Rigord.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Rigord.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Rigord.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Rigord:

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Rigord

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

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

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

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

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

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

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

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

* 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.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

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

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

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

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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 Rigoni | Go to name Rigos | 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