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FAMILY VILLAQUIRAN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Villaquiran.

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

History and meaning for Villaquiran.

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

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

The surname Villaquiran is surely of SPANISH TOPONYMIC origin, as it bears the word VILLA (town) in its composition. It owes its origin to some town, or refers to some town.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Villaquiran:

1) The origin of the family name Villaquiran.

2) The meaning of the family name Villaquiran.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Villaquiran.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Villaquiran.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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

* Galicia (Spain).

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

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

* Linajes y Blasones de Galicia, by Father Crespo.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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

The work "Linajes y Blasones de Galicia", by Father Crespo, where the heraldry and the history of the family name Villaquiran appears, is the most important treatise of the heraldry of Galicia (Spain), and was published three hundred years after the appearance of the posthumous "Nobiliario, Armas y Triunfos de Galicia", by Father Felipe de la Gandara. Its author Father Crespo Pozo, had for his investigations, vigils and costly walks that were rewarded with the kind collaboration of Nobles as the Dukes of Medinaceli facilitating the archive of the Grand Casa Marquesal de Camarasa, etc. All this resulted in a plurality of sources of consultation that make the scholarly work, encyclopedic and illustrative in Galician heraldry. This work collects, as we have already said, the history and heraldry of family Villaquiran so the Villaquiran or they are Galician or linked in some of their branches to Galicia.

According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Villaquiran has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Villaquiran and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Villaquiran have some different spelling.

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

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

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

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

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are 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.

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

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* 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.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

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