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FAMILY WERPEN: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Werpen.

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

History and meaning for Werpen.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Werpen:

1) The origin of the family name Werpen.

2) The meaning of the family name Werpen.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Werpen.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Werpen.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Werpen 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 Werpen:

* 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 Werpen:

Name Werpen

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Werpen. Very cheap.

burnt parchment for Werpen name

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

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

coat of arms sticker for Werpen

Coat of arms for the name Werpen 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 Werpen 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 Werpen. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

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

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

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

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* ERMINE: The Ermines symbolize Purity and Fidelity placed at the service of the Prince.

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

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

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

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

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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 Werpe | Go to name Werpin | 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