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.
Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Cavalieri
Nobles in:Italia
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
Ancient Venetian family, of clear and ancestral virtue, which has spread over the centuries in various regions of the globe, with a certain prominence in France and Argentina. According to when it is handed down to us, the family would descend from the Austrian noble family of the Gelan, whose nobility is testified by its presence in the valuable work of the Dutch heraldist and genealogist Jean-Baptiste Rietstap, "L'Armorial General", which contains the blazon of more than 130,000 coats of arms of European families. In any case, this family, probably, was admitted to the noble Venetian Council for merits acquired in the war of Candia and following the usual donation of one hundred thousand duchies. On the other hand, this family, in the unfolding of the lustres, has always managed to stand out thanks to the high characters, to which it gave birth. Among these, without risking anything to the ...
This text is an automatic translation of a short heraldic preview, it may contain errors.
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.
BlazonGelain
1. Coat of arms of family: Gelain
Language of the text: Italiano
D'argento alla fascia ondata di nero bordata di rosso, accompagnata in capo da 3 stelle (6) d'oro male ordinate ed in punta da un leone illeopardito al naturale.
Troncato di nero e di rosso, alla fascia d'oro attraversante sulla troncatura accompagnata in capo, sul nero, da due stelle d'oro. Elmo coronato. Cimiero: un volo all'antica con l'ala davanti d'oro e quella dietro di nero caricata di una stella d'oro. Svolazzi a destra d'oro e di nero, a sinistra d'oro e di rosso.
Gelan dell' Austria (Gelain in Italia).
Fonte: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome I A-K" p. 755.
It is possible to do a preliminary research in our archive. About 100,000 heraldic traces, origins of surnames, coat of arms and blazons are available free of charge. Just write the desired last name in the form below and press enter.
Legal notices
The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
