The surname Sanchez: heraldry, coat of arms and coat of arms

If your surname is Sanchez, surely on more than one occasion you have wondered about the heraldry of the surname Sanchez. Likewise, you might be interested if the surname Sanchez belongs to a relative of yours or someone very important to you. The heraldry of surnames is a fascinating world that still attracts a lot of attention today, and that is why more and more people are asking about the heraldry of the Sanchez surname.

The heraldry of Sanchez, a complicated topic

Sometimes it can be very confusing to try to explain how the heraldry of surnames works, however, we are going to try to explain the heraldry of the surname Sanchez in the simplest possible way. We recommend that to better understand everything we are going to tell you about the heraldry of the surname Sanchez, if you are totally unaware of how the coats of arms and heraldry came about, go to our main page and read the general explanation we give you there, that way you can better appreciate everything we have compiled about the heraldry of the surname Sanchez for you.

Coat of arms, coat of arms and heraldry of Sanchez

Similarly, and to make things easier, since we understand that most of the people looking for information about the Sanchez surname heraldry are especially interested in the coat of arms of the Sanchez surname, its composition, the meaning of its elements and if there are several coats of arms for the Sanchez surname, as well as everything that may have to do with the coat of arms of the Sanchez surname; we have taken the liberty of being flexible and using the words heraldry and coat of arms interchangeably when referring to the coat of arms of Sanchez.

Contributions to the heraldry of the surname Sanchez

We hope that the flexibility on the coat of arms of the Sanchez surname will not be taken as a lack of seriousness on our part, since we are constantly investigating to be able to offer the most rigorous information possible on the Sanchez coats of arms. However, if you have more information about the Sanchez heraldry, or you notice an error that needs to be corrected, please let us know so that we can have the biggest and best information on the net about the Sanchez coat of arms, explained in a simple and easy way.

  • Antlers - 1. It is said of a kind of trunk or hunting horn of reduced dimensions made of the horn of some bovine animal.
  • Back posts - 1. Term used by some authors to designate the figures that are turning their backs or opposites.
  • Bavarian crown - 1. Similar to the crown of Spain. Gold circle enriched rhinestones, enhanced by eight florons of acanthus leaves, celery, interspersed with one pearl each, which are held by eight headbands (only five are seen), entered of pearls and locks
  • defending - 1. Term used to designate the tabs and fangs of wild boar, when they are of different enamel than the rest of the body.
  • dragon - 1. The lion is generally applied to every animal whose part of the body ends in dragon especially the tail.
  • Flambante - 1. Palos, belts and wave bands that finish on the tip are understood as if they were flames. It derives from the Latin voice "Flamula", by the flame, however, our heralds want flambantes view of the French voice "flamb". (V. Flameante
  • Gironado - 1. It is said of the shield divided into jirs. (V. Jironado).
  • Open Crown - 1. It is said of the crown that does not wear headbands.
  • Peacock - 1. Ave. is generally represented in front in a ruante position, with its open tail and looking at the right hand, its adorned head of three feathers in Penacho. It is also presented with profile with the crest of three sticks finished in a ball, and with
  • Potenza - 1. Figure that ends in the form of “T”.
  • Ricohombre - 1. The one that belonged to the first nobility of Spain. He held the palatine or administrative position, promoting part of the Royal Council and took part in the Cortes.
  • Rotea - 1. Term used by some Aragonese heraldists to fall to the cross of San Jorge.
  • Saber - 1. Name given to the black color used in heraldry, graphically represented by a vertical scratch and another horizontal forming a grid. There is a belief that blazons that carry this color are obliged to help those who have no
  • Semibanda-Faja - 1. Heraldry composition composed of the union of the upper half of the band and the girdle.
  • Semipalo-Barra - 1. Composite piece resulting from the union of the upper half of the stick and the bar.
  • Spiral. - 1. whose figure is adorned with elements in a spiral form. Used in some Nordic armories, non -existent in Spain.
  • String - 1. The chains are represented in Band, Orla, Aspa with Orla, Girdle, etc. The chains appear in the Spanish and Portuguese blazons, alluding to the fact that King Moro Miramamolín had the Camp of Las Navas de Tolosa in which Sancho VIII
  • Truncada, Cruz - 1. Cross formed by square rectangles separated from each other.