FAMILY VOOGH: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Voogh

Coat of arms and family crest of Voogh.

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

History and meaning for Voogh.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Voogh have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Voogh.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Voogh:

1) The origin of the family name Voogh.

2) The meaning of the family name Voogh.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Voogh.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Voogh.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Voogh:

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

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

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:

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* 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.

* 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.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

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

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

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