FAMILY ROSARIO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Rosario

Coat of arms and family crest of Rosario.

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

History and meaning for Rosario.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Rosario:

1) The origin of the family name Rosario.

2) The meaning of the family name Rosario.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Rosario.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Rosario.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Rosario has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

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

* Heraldica de los apellidos canarios, by Lino Chaparro D`Acosta.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Rosario, 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 Rosario corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Rosario of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The family name Rosario appears in the work "Heraldry of Canarian last names" by Lino Chaparro D`Acosta, so that Rosario is a surname that has a branch in the Canary Islands. The conquest of the archipelago had begun, formally, in 1402, with the incursions of Jean de Bethencourt and Gadifier de la Salle, in the name of Enrique III, in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and El Hierro, island that annexed with some ease to Castile. Fernan Peraza did the same with La Gomera. Tenerife is the last island in conquerer, already for the Catholic Monarchs. So, the family names as Rosario have history and heraldry in the Canary Islands. Throughout time, the Canary Islands has been linked to America as a forced passage of the ships to the new continent. The Canary Islands actively participated, as settlers, in the birth of nations and cities. It was island families who founded the cities of Montevideo and San Antonio (Texas) - in the list of defenders of the Alamo abound the Canarian surnames; So, many last names, as it is possible that it is the name Rosario went to America. It is interesting to look up the last name Rosario in America.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Rosario has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Rosario and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Rosario have some different spelling.

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) 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:

* CAULDRON: The Cauldrons along with other vessels: cups, jugs and kettles, which were used to handle victuals, were formerly the Richman brand.

* TURTLE: The Turtle is one of the most noble figures, being a symbol of the Knight who retires late from combat, facing his enemy until the last moment, trusting in his own strength.

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

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* 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.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* 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.

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