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FAMILY TORRE-MUZQUIZ: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Torre-muzquiz.

Genealogy of family Torre-muzquiz, origin of Torre-muzquiz, provenance of the family name Torre-muzquiz.

History and meaning for Torre-muzquiz.

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

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Torre-muzquiz.

The family name Torre-muzquiz is a COMPOSITE surname of the surname Torre, which appears first, and muzquiz.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Torre-muzquiz:

1) The origin of the family name Torre-muzquiz.

2) The meaning of the family name Torre-muzquiz.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Torre-muzquiz.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Torre-muzquiz.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Torre-muzquiz have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Galicia (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Torre-muzquiz:

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* El Solar Vasco Navarro, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Torre-muzquiz:

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The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Torre-muzquiz appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Torre-muzquiz so the Torre-muzquiz or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

That the last name Torre-muzquiz is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Torre-muzquiz are of Basque, Navarre, or other origin but settled in the Basque Country and / or Navarre. The Basque family names were formed taking into account the names of the places, and the personal ones varied in each generation and even between brothers. It was customary to take the name of the lot to demonstrate ownership over it. The name of the plants, rivers, mountains, forests, rocks, fields served as inspiration. You can distinguish terms, as the meaning of the colors or pieces that make up the coats of arms, to have the nobiliary historical information of the family name Torre-muzquiz, to know the fights of nobility of the Torre-muzquiz, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Torre-muzquiz, honorary offices or public offices of the Torre-muzquiz.

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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:

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

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

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

* CROWN: The Crown is a symbol of Royal or Seigniorial Authority and Dignity or Honorary Badge.

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

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