FAMILY TARGES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Targes

Coat of arms and family crest of Targes.

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

History and meaning for Targes.

Targes is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Targes an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Targes:

1) The origin of the family name Targes.

2) The meaning of the family name Targes.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Targes.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Targes.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Targes 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 Targes, 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 Targes, and origin for the family name Targes, nobiliary titles of the family name Targes and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Targes appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

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

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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

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

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

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* 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.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter T index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Targer | Go to name Targiani | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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