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FAMILY SALEM: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Salem.

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

History and meaning for Salem.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Salem:

1) The origin of the family name Salem.

2) The meaning of the family name Salem.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Salem.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Salem.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Salem 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 Salem:

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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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 Salem:

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According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Salem 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 Salem and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Salem have some different spelling.

It may be helpful for those with the name Salem to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Salem It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Salem can have graphic variants.

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

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:

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* 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.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

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

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* 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.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

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

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