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FAMILY ROXENDORFF: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Roxendorff.

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

History and meaning for Roxendorff.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Roxendorff:

1) The origin of the family name Roxendorff.

2) The meaning of the family name Roxendorff.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Roxendorff.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Roxendorff.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Roxendorff:

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

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

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

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

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

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

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* 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.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

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

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

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