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FAMILY VIGNES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Vignes.

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

History and meaning for Vignes.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Vignes:

1) The origin of the family name Vignes.

2) The meaning of the family name Vignes.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Vignes.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Vignes.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

* 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 Vignes:

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

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The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Vignes 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 Vignes, 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 Vignes, and origin for the family name Vignes, nobiliary titles of the family name Vignes and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Vignes appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Vignes 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 Vignes alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Vignes, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Vignes, 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 Vignes.

The family name Vignes appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Vignes has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Vignes arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Vignes are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Vignes are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Vignes have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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:

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

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

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

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

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

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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 Vignery | Go to name Vignes | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests