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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles
Nobles in:Germany
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Variations Last name: Handloß,Hantlose,Hantloss
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
Ancient and venerable German family, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has worldwide spread, over the the centuries. Also known in its various ancient forms as Hantloss or Hantlos, this time-honored surname traces its lineage to a name of Middle High German origin. The name itself carries a dual meaning, with an etymology deeply rooted in the language of a bygone era. First, it derives from the term "handelos", meaning "without hands." This interpretation may carry a symbolic or metaphorical significance, possibly rooted in some ancient story or attribute long obscured by the passage of time. Secondly, the name is linked to "hantlœse", a term referring to a tax or levy imposed on the inheritance of a fief granted solely for the duration of one's life, a condition commonly known as "laudemium" in historical documents of the period. It should be noted that the original form of a surname did ...
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BlazonHandloser
Variations Last name: Handloß,Hantlose,Hantloss
1. Crest of family: Handloser
Language of the text: English
Sable, a fesse argent. Crest: an arrow per pale between two horns quarterly argent and sable.
A coat of arms, the description of which was discovered within the pages of private heraldic archives now lost to the passage of time, its origins shrouded in the veils of obscurity and its source, alas, forever unknown.
Azure, an arm vested of the same holding a tournament mace proper. Crest: two wings conjoined azure. Lambrequin: azure and argent.
Blazon registered with the surname form Hantloss. Source: Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Bd. 5 (Bürgerliche Geschlechter Deutschlands und der Schweiz), 3. Abt.: Zweitausend bürgerliche Wappen, Nürnberg 1888, 80.
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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
