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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles
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Among those families whom the vicissitudes of history have commended to the science of heraldry, yet whose origins elude absolute certainty, the house of Fevre, also styled le Febre, le Fèvre, and in Gallicised form Lefebvre or Le Febvre, claims a distinguished station: theirs is a nobility conferred not by patent but by the judgment of history itself. This lineage, of great antiquity and wide dispersion, is associated with numerous coats of arms, some established by documented provenance, others preserved by tradition, and still others whose origins are veiled in the obscurity of time, thus challenging the heraldist to discern the authentic from the apocryphal. Early records situate the family in the merchant cities of southern Germany, where, from the thirteenth century, its members held civic offices such as Commercium Prases and Stadtmann, culminating in their inclusion within the venerable Siebmacher of 1857. The French branch, though its ties to the Germanic stock are conjectural, attained notable eminence, Huart Le Fèvre receiving royal privilege from Charles VI in 1400, and Jean presiding over the Parliament of Paris in 1413, with ...
When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonFevre
1. Crest of family: Fevre, Le Febre
Language of the text: Deutsch
W. : Getheilt. Oben ein Arm, der einen Stab wagrecht hält, unten ein Pfahl. K. : Offener Flug mit einem Balken belegt, dazwischen der Arm mit dem Stab. Farben unbekannt.
Wappen der Familie Fevre (auch le Febre). Quelle: Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Bd. 5 (Bürgerliche Geschlechter Deutschlands und der Schweiz), 1. Abt. : Zweitausend Wappen bürgerlicher Geschlechter Deutschlands und der Schweiz, Nürnberg 1857, 35.
Coat of Arms (alias) of family Fevre. Coat of arms drawn from private archives, the original source of which, unfortunately, has not reached us. Nevertheless, it is believed to represent a valuable heraldic testimony of unquestionable interest.
Balken, begleitet oben von zwei Sternen unten einem aufgewend. Halbmond. Helm: Storch.
Wappen der Familie le Févre. Quelle: Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Bd. 5 (Bürgerliche Geschlechter Deutschlands und der Schweiz), 4. Abt. : Zweitausend bürgerliche Wappen, Nürnberg 1890, 7.
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