And here we make available to students of the family name Viniegra an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Viniegra:
1) The origin of the family name Viniegra.
2) The meaning of the family name Viniegra.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Viniegra.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Viniegra.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
The family name Viniegra has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.
As stated in the archives of the Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, the Viniegra proved their chivalry in this institution.
Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Viniegra:
* 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.
* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.
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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 Viniegra:
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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Viniegra, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Viniegra corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Viniegra of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.
The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Viniegra 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 Viniegra. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Viniegra.
The family name Viniegra 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 Viniegra 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 Viniegra 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 Viniegra are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Viniegra 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 Viniegra 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.
2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.
3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.
Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:
* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.
* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.
* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.
* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.
* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.
* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.
* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.
* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.
* The family name Viniegra 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 Viniegra as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Viniegra
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