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FAMILY VESTENBERG: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Vestenberg.

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

History and meaning for Vestenberg.

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

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

The surname Vestenberg is surely of German or Dutch origin OF TOPONYMIC ORIGIN and most probably Jewish, because the ending BERG was used for someone who lived on or by a hill or mountain, from Middle High German, mostly used by people of Jewish origin.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Vestenberg:

1) The origin of the family name Vestenberg.

2) The meaning of the family name Vestenberg.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Vestenberg.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Vestenberg.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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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 Vestenberg:

Name Vestenberg

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Vestenberg. Very cheap.

burnt parchment for Vestenberg name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Vestenberg.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Vestenberg and the history and origin for the family name Vestenberg in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Vestenberg

Coat of arms for the name Vestenberg in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Vestenberg are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Vestenberg, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Vestenberg, and origin for the family name Vestenberg, nobiliary titles of the family name Vestenberg and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Vestenberg appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Vestenberg appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Vestenberg alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Vestenberg, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Vestenberg, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Vestenberg.

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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

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

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* CHEVRON: The Chevron symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* 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.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

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

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

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

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Vestenberg:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter V index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Vesteiro | Go to name Vesteneck | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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