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

If your surname is Shield, surely on more than one occasion you have wondered about the heraldry of the surname Shield. Likewise, you might be interested if the surname Shield 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 Shield surname.

The heraldry of Shield, 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 Shield in the simplest possible way. We recommend that to better understand everything we are going to tell you about the heraldry of the surname Shield, 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 Shield for you.

Coat of arms, coat of arms and heraldry of Shield

Similarly, and to make things easier, since we understand that most of the people looking for information about the Shield surname heraldry are especially interested in the coat of arms of the Shield surname, its composition, the meaning of its elements and if there are several coats of arms for the Shield surname, as well as everything that may have to do with the coat of arms of the Shield 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 Shield.

Contributions to the heraldry of the surname Shield

We hope that the flexibility on the coat of arms of the Shield 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 Shield coats of arms. However, if you have more information about the Shield 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 Shield coat of arms, explained in a simple and easy way.

  • Boiler - 1. Figure that generally carries the handles raised and sometimes gringolate. It is usually painted saber.
  • Center of the boss. - 1. It is said of the head point of the boss. Honorable piece.
  • Chimeric, figures - (V. Chimeric figures).
  • Cruz-Chevronada - 1. Term used to designate the Union of the Cross and the Chevron.
  • Ento - 1. Piece whose exterior profiles are crowded in shape, so that these of a profile correspond to the empty spaces of the other. 2. Said of the crooked partition in the form of different enamel clavks. 3. Division of one piece to all
  • espalier - 1. Said by some writer to point out the lattice, key to another enamel, for example, in the surname Trussel. Of gules, a back, closed of gold.
  • Greise - 1. Seven arms candlestick -shaped trees. (V. Carapeteiro, Crequier).
  • Hannover Corona - 1. Similar to the real English.
  • Human figures - 1. They include heads, eye, nose, mouth, ear, bust, shoulder, arm, open hand, fist, linked hands, breasts, whole body, leg, foot, heart, etc. Generally they should not be introduced into the blazons whole human figures but only member
  • Major triangle - 1. Term used by some old heraldists when describing the provision of any piece in two and one, or ordered. (See well ordered, two and one, triangle).
  • Persavor - 1. Weapons Officer or Herald of Lower Category subject to the authority of the King of Armas.
  • Princess - 1. The infantas of Spain bring their shield in Losanje, with a crown of an infant, putting the full and non -split weapons, adorned with two green palms, such as the queens.
  • Quoted - 1. Narrow or decreased first -degree band, reduced to half of its width, some heraldists are from the opinion, which has to be the third part to the band or 1/9 of the width of the blazon. Diminished honorable piece.
  • retired - 1. When a moving piece of an edge of the shield, it only shows a part of its extension. 2. It is also said when two furniture or figures keep a distance backwards.
  • 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.
  • Vain - 1. Terms used in some ancient nobles to describe the piece or vacuum or empty figure inside letting the shield field see. (V. empty, bucked, hollow, empty, empty, vain.).
  • virgin - 1. Iconographic image of the symbolized Catholic Church as the mother of Jesus Christ. It is represented naturally, and sometimes with crescent or a servant at your feet with an apple in the mouth.
  • wheel - 1. It is represented in a circular and radios. Symbolism: strength.