FAMILY URQUIZA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Urquiza

Coat of arms and family crest of Urquiza.

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

History and meaning for Urquiza.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Urquiza:

1) The origin of the family name Urquiza.

2) The meaning of the family name Urquiza.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Urquiza.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Urquiza.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

* Lekeitio (Vizcaya, Spain).

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

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

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

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

* Heraldry of Lekeitio.

* 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 Urquiza, 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 Urquiza corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Urquiza of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Urquiza 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 Urquiza. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Urquiza.

That the last name Urquiza is in "El Solar Vasco Navarro" by the Garcia Carraffa brothers means that the Urquiza 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 Urquiza, to know the fights of nobility of the Urquiza, income to military orders, to know about the nobility titles that may have the persons with the last name Urquiza, honorary offices or public offices of the Urquiza.

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) 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:

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* SUN: The Sun is a symbol of Sovereigns and Kings, those who with their power vivify the entire State; It is an emblem of Eternity, Greatness, Power, Providence, Illustrious Nobility and Magnificence.

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

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* SALTIRE: The Saltire symbolizes the Banner or script of the leader undefeated in combat.

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

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

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

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