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FAMILY WESSUM: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Wessum.

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

History and meaning for Wessum.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Wessum:

1) The origin of the family name Wessum.

2) The meaning of the family name Wessum.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Wessum.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Wessum.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

* 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 Wessum:

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

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

It may be helpful for those with the name Wessum to know that, in the 15th century, hereditary surnames are already more or less consolidated, thanks in part to the obligation (at the initiative of Cisneros) to record births and deaths in parish books. In any case, it is important to know that, especially in rural areas and among the most humble people, the current norm of the hereditary paternal surname is not fixed definitively until the 19th century, topic that should be taken into account if it is applicable to some families of the family name Wessum It is due to spelling errors and of different types that there are different spellings of the same family name, so those of the name Wessum can have graphic variants.

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

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

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* CAULDRON: The Cauldrons along with other vessels: cups, jugs and kettles, which were used to handle victuals, were formerly the Richman brand.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

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

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

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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 Wessolowski | Go to name West | 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