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FAMILY WILLEBAERDS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Willebaerds.

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

History and meaning for Willebaerds.

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Willebaerds:

1) The origin of the family name Willebaerds.

2) The meaning of the family name Willebaerds.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Willebaerds.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Willebaerds.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Willebaerds 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 Willebaerds:

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

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The history, coat of arms (shield) and family crest for the family name Willebaerds 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 Willebaerds. It is a very rare work and many of the surnames found here do not appears in any other heraldic compilation.

It may be helpful for those with the name Willebaerds 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 Willebaerds 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 Willebaerds 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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:

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* 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.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

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

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

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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 Wille | Go to name Willebaert | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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