FAMILY ZELAETA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Zelaeta

Coat of arms and family crest of Zelaeta.

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

History and meaning for Zelaeta.

Zelaeta is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Zelaeta an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The surname Zelaeta is probably a topographical name of Basque origin for a first element + the collective suffix -eta “place or group of”.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Zelaeta:

1) The origin of the family name Zelaeta.

2) The meaning of the family name Zelaeta.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Zelaeta.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Zelaeta.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Zelaeta has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

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 Zelaeta:

Name Zelaeta

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

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Zelaeta and the history and origin for the family name Zelaeta 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 Zelaeta

Julio de Atienza, in his book "Nobiliario Espanol", collects the heraldry and history of the family name Zelaeta. This work is of great importance for the heraldry because it collects the history, evidence of nobility and nobility of surnames and lineages among which is the family name Zelaeta. The name Zelaeta also appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando Gonzalez Doria, although he presents less data on the name Zelaeta than the "Nobiliario Espanol".

The family name Zelaeta appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Zelaeta has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Zelaeta arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Zelaeta are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Zelaeta are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Zelaeta have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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) 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:

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

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

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* HOLM: The Holm Oak is a symbol of Strong and Constant Spirit in heroic actions and courageous undertakings.

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

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* CINQUEFOIL: The Cinquefoils symbolize Hope and Joy.

* FIRE: The Fire is a symbol of Magnanimity, Burning and Promptness in performances or intellectual tasks.

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

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

Zelaeta

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter Z index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Zelaeder | Go to name Zelaeta | 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