FAMILY WIEGELL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Wiegell

Coat of arms and family crest of Wiegell.

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

History and meaning for Wiegell.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Wiegell 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 Wiegell.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Wiegell:

1) The origin of the family name Wiegell.

2) The meaning of the family name Wiegell.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Wiegell.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Wiegell.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 Wiegell:

Name Wiegell

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

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name Wiegell

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

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

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

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

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

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

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

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

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

* 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.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

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

* HEART: The Heart is a symbol of Vigilant Vassal. In its fiery color, it demonstrates Warmth of mind and loving expression of Affection.

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

Related Words: Wiegell family crest | Origin of the name Wiegell | Genealogy of the family Wiegell | Heraldry of the name Wiegell | Coat of arms of Wiegell | Genealogy of the Wiegell | Origin of the Wiegell | Meaning of the name Wiegell.

Wiegell

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

Wiegell

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