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FAMILY VIEDES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Viedes.

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

History and meaning for Viedes.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Viedes:

1) The origin of the family name Viedes.

2) The meaning of the family name Viedes.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Viedes.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Viedes.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

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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 Viedes:

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Viedes to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Viedes It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Viedes can have graphic variants.

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

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

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

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

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

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

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* CAULDRON: The Cauldrons along with other vessels: cups, jugs and kettles, which were used to handle victuals, were formerly the Richman brand.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

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

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