FAMILY SORTOA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Sortoa

Coat of arms and family crest of Sortoa.

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

History and meaning for Sortoa.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Sortoa:

1) The origin of the family name Sortoa.

2) The meaning of the family name Sortoa.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Sortoa.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Sortoa.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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The family name Sortoa appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Sortoa has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Sortoa arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Sortoa are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Sortoa are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Sortoa have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

3) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* 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.

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