On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Tonda.
The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Tonda.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Tonda:
1) The origin of the family name Tonda.
2) The meaning of the family name Tonda.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Tonda.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Tonda.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Tonda has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Catalonia (Spain).
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Tonda:
* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* Heraldario Hispanoamericano y Europeo, by Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez and the Spanish King of Arms don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.
* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Tonda, 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 Tonda corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Tonda of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Tonda 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 Tonda. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Tonda.
The history and heraldry of the family name Tonda appears in the work "Solar catalan, valenciano y balear", by brothers Garcia Carraffa, so the persons with this family name are of Catalan origin or from other places and settled in Catalonia (Spain). The history and heraldry of the family name Tonda appears in this work relative only to Catalonia, valencia or Balearic Islands.
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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.
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:
* 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.
* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.
* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.
* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.
* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.
* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.
* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.
* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.
* The family name Tonda 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 Tonda as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Tonda
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