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FAMILY WELIN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Welin.

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

History and meaning for Welin.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Welin:

1) The origin of the family name Welin.

2) The meaning of the family name Welin.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Welin.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Welin.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* The Netherlands, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.

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

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

* Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique.

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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 Welin:

Name Welin

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burnt parchment for Welin name

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Welin

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

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Welin appears in the work "Sceaux armories des Pays-Bas et des pays avoisinants, requeil historique et heraldique", which is the most complete work dedicated to the heraldry of the Netherlands with the history, meaning and description of the coats of arms and crets for family names and lineages, among which is the last name Welin. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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

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

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

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:

* bandaNOusar: La Banda es símbolo del tahalí, con que los Caballeros sujetaban su espada y también de la banda de color que usaban sobre su armadura los Generales y Capitanes.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* CHECKY: The Checky symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

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

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* 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.

* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter W index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Welimas | Go to name Welin | 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