We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Santes:
1) The origin of the family name Santes.
2) The meaning of the family name Santes.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Santes.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Santes.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Santes 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 Santes:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Santes, 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 Santes corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Santes of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The family name Santes 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 Santes 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 Santes 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 Santes are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Santes 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 Santes 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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.
2) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.
3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.
Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:
* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.
* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.
* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.
* WOLF: The Wolf is 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.
* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.
* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.
* 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.
* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.
* The family name Santes 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 Santes as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Santes
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