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FAMILY VILLAREDA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Villareda.

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

History and meaning for Villareda.

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

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

The surname Villareda 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 Villareda:

1) The origin of the family name Villareda.

2) The meaning of the family name Villareda.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Villareda.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Villareda.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Villareda 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 Villareda:

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

* 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 Villareda:

Name Villareda

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Villareda

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

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

The family name Villareda 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 Villareda 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 Villareda 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 Villareda are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Villareda 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 Villareda 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

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:

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

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* TOWER: The Tower represents the Generosity with which the Knight offers himself at the service of his Country and his King.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* 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.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

* 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.

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

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