FAMILY URTIZ: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Urtiz

Coat of arms and family crest of Urtiz.

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

History and meaning for Urtiz.

We know that the family name Urtiz has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Urtiz:

1) The origin of the family name Urtiz.

2) The meaning of the family name Urtiz.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Urtiz.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Urtiz.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Basque Country and / or Navarre (Spain).

* Lekeitio (Vizcaya, Spain).

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

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

* Extension of Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica by Endika de Mogrobejo.

* Heraldry of Lekeitio.

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

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

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

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

* PINE: The Pine, due to its elevation, is a symbol of Noble and enlightened Thoughts and due to its resinous nature, suitable for burning, of a Fiery Heart in avenging family outrages.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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

* WOLF: The Wolf is a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

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