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FAMILY WREDE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Wrede.

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

History and meaning for Wrede.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Wrede:

1) The origin of the family name Wrede.

2) The meaning of the family name Wrede.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Wrede.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Wrede.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Wrede 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 Wrede:

* 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 Wrede:

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

coat of arms sticker for Wrede

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

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

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

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

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:

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

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* 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.

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

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

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

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

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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 Wreake | Go to name Wrede | 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