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FAMILY TOLEDANO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Toledano.

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

History and meaning for Toledano.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Toledano:

1) The origin of the family name Toledano.

2) The meaning of the family name Toledano.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Toledano.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Toledano.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

Persons with the name Toledano proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

It is known that the Toledano have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Estremadura (Spain).

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

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

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Nobiliario de Extremadura, by Adolfo Barredo de Valenzuela y Arrojo, and Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Toledano, 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 Toledano corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Toledano of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Toledano appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Toledano. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Toledano.

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

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:

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* STAR: The Stars symbolize Constancy in the service to the Sovereign in the jobs of Minister or Counselor.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

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

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

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

* The family name Toledano 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/

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