[OT] Whats your family Coat of arms and motto? :)

[Prophet1331]

Damn I'm jealous, I wish my family had a motto and sigil. Really cool guys.

Meh, if I think about it I'm more of a wildling myself

[tonymurphy1888]

Words: Semper Fidelis + Murphy where u get your Signature

Some dude made it for me in some thread, probably the least helpful statement ever but its all i got man my bad

[TNTNate]

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Name: Turnbull
Meaning of Name: Stubborn and Bold (enough to, for example, turn a bull mid charge lol)
Place of Origin: Scotland
Motto: I Saved the King
Heraldry: Between one and three black bulls with green horns, usually on a grey/white backround

As an American Turnbull, I can't claim a terribly strong line of lineage to William, the first Turnbull, but I take pride in the names meaning, which comes with a story.

According to the story, William of Rule saved King Robert the Bruce from a raging bull by turning the charge away from the king and wrestling the bull to the ground. Duly grateful, Robert gave William lands and the name "Turnebull." The "e" was eventually dropped, at least by my spin-off of the family. I think there's even a Scottish children's book about the story. All in all, I try to do the name justice.

[Andratenor]

Best picture I got unfortunately.

Von Collan, are we...

Anyhoo:

Here's mine, from my mother's side



Name: Von Knorring, Finnish Noble Family nr. 138
Meaning of Name: The name takes it's ethymology from the german word "Knorr" that means "old and crooked" (as in an an oak crooked by time, but still standing).
Place of Origin: Thuringia in Germany. To Finland through Baltic-German nobility.
Heraldry: A Blue drinking vessel on a field of gold


On top of this I am (very distantly) related to the scottsh Lowland Clan Home

[MagUidir]

this is mine... the latin translation is "justice and fortitude are invincible"

i dont really like it bc its kinda weird bc its just a dude on a horse... lame but badass family motto though!

[Danscall]

this is mine... the latin translation is "justice and fortitude are invincible"

i dont really like it bc its kinda weird bc its just a dude on a horse... lame but badass family motto though!

Are you kidding, any Coat of Arms that includes recursion is awesome in my book.

[VarrKhaitan]

Honstly I think all now in these days, is entitled to have their own coat of arms, with out birthrights and so on and on.
So here is my little one ^^
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/coat3.jpg/
Motto "The night approach".
as in death comes to all who stands in their way, or as the Coat of arms shows, all days ends with a sundown, circle of life.
Cant make the direct link to work =/

[Bastard Feudalism]

My father's father's family.

Phipps.
It's words are something about "Virtue in Rest."
We actually have a framed variation of it, and on the back it traces the line from my great grandfather back
to the brother of a Sir William Phips (back then only 1 "p" was used). William had no children of his own blood, as he adopted,
so his younger brother John inherited. He was nicknamed "The New England Knight."
Here's his Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Phipps

We have a running joke that his brother was a clumsy ne'er-do-well compared to William,
and so explains why a once noble, robust family of knights came to develop into clumsy fools.

My father's mother's family.

Burke
One faith, one king, one law.
A very large family from Ireland. I'm sure most of you recognize it.

[Dearg Doom]

Name: Greaney(Gaelic: O'Gráinne)
History: Possibly descended from the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mag Raighne 'son of Raighne'
Motto: unknown
Place of origin: Ireland

[Sardaukar One]

I have thought long and hard about this.

A mailed hand balled into a fist, with the middle finger extended. A swan or two in the background.

That or an armoured chicken sat upon a horse.



Couldn't find an image of either.

[Meshakhad]

Also, turns out my family motto is "Virtue and Clarity".

Speaking of mottoes, I came up with a better one for the US: "Liberty and Justice for All".

[Eärnur]

This is the Coat of Arms from my Father's side, the Coat of Arms is of the Buttigieg family, the word BU means Owner and TIGIEG means chicken's, so put it together it comes owner of chickens. It's origin's is from Sicily, which the word itself is in Arabic-Sicilian.

On top it has 3 stars, most probably representing the Star of David (Most probably i had jews in my Family) , the chicken is representing Nobility and the barrel sadly if have no clue about it.

[jacb547]

From my father side is this
Im dont know if I am from an important branch It is a Portguese/Brazilian house.And war heroes(Or was that my mother side I dont know)But with I am from an important branch as my grandfather says i would be the 4 in line of sucession
Anyway the name is House Barroso
I dont know the motto....
From my mother house i descent from some Desceased half Nobles that did pretty much anything in history.

And tought i descend from some Irish clan that i cannot name.

[TheFarren]

House Farren.....Black Lion, words are Never Surrender

[Descartes]

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My Dad's side of the family is almost impossible to find information on. We sort of just appear around Ireland and Britain in the 1800s. My theory is we're an offshoot of another family with a similar name. In any case, this is my Mum's side of the family and their crest, so I guess half-mine as well? If I was in Westeros this'd be what I'd fight under, anyway.

Not particularly awesome-looking, but the Irish that Galvin derives from ("Geal" meaning "Bright" and "Bán" meaning "White") and the symbolism (fish represent someone of a noble nature, a red field generally implies martial capability, or so I'm informed) are pretty cool. Also; my Mum's family fought at the Battle of Corcomroe in the 1300s and my Great-grandad on my Dad's side supposedly fought in the 1916 Rising, so we've got some warrior blood! Also, I suppose technically we're Tullys?

[Sulfurion Blackfyre]

[IrishBlood]

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My Dad's side of the family is almost impossible to find information on. We sort of just appear around Ireland and Britain in the 1800s. My theory is we're an offshoot of another family with a similar name. In any case, this is my Mum's side of the family and their crest, so I guess half-mine as well? If I was in Westeros this'd be what I'd fight under, anyway.

Not particularly awesome-looking, but the Irish that Galvin derives from ("Geal" meaning "Bright" and "Bán" meaning "White") and the symbolism (fish represent someone of a noble nature, a red field generally implies martial capability, or so I'm informed) are pretty cool. Also; my Mum's family fought at the Battle of Corcomroe in the 1300s and my Great-grandad on my Dad's side supposedly fought in the 1916 Rising, so we've got some warrior blood! Also, I suppose technically we're Tullys?

a tully if ever i saw one

[khatmar]

Well here is mine.

http://kosutm.szm.com/kosutovci/obra...kosutovcov.jpg

The roughly translated name is House Kossuth (well kind of).

there is the threeheaded lily, a ram and a peasants hat (that weird looking thing in the right). And no idea whats our motto, grandmother may know it.

And as for history, our House started as a bastard branch of the Hungarian Royal family of the Luxembourgs. There was king Sigismund - known as the Red/Ginger Dragon - that had a bastard brother who fought in the Hussite wars. And well, he was rewarded with the few lands in what is now Slovakia.

[ArtoriusRex]

Here is mine: http://www.allfamilycrests.com/f/fer...-of-arms.shtml

Quite diluted unfortunately, eighth most common surname in Spain now- the size of the Freys, but fortunately, the sterling reputation of the Starks.

Some meaning given to the crest:

Gold= Generosity - Silver= Sincerity, Peace - Red= Warrior, Martyr, Military Power - Blue= Strength, Loyalty - Green= Hope, Loyalty in love - Black= Constance, Grief.

Brodure Shield= Honour [Used to separate in-family variations]

Cross= Eighth son

Fleur de lis= Faith, Wisdom, Chivalry

Pretty cool, huh? Nice to know I have a prestigious background on my mother's side- now if I only knew what Vincenten means...

[Vhakazar]

Really, is it that common to have a coat of arms? I know nobody in Belgium who has one.

But since I became curious, look what i found here:

http://www.clenodium.eu/de/wappenbuc...al/Hauben.html


It looks like this coat has some kind of helmet on it, which seems rather logical since "haube" is german for helmet.

I have non idea whether it is family or not, but since it has the same spelling of 'Hauben" perhaps, there is a small chance.... (my family came from Germany, that's one thing I know).