Brent Joash Ascaño is a private individual born and raised in Cagayan de Oro City. He currently resides in Quezon City, Metro Manila. Description and symbolism: Shield: The variation and the colors of the field are a reference to the … Continue reading Brent Joash Ascaño
Rendell Tamaca Salgado is a Protestant minister of the Reformed tradition who was born and raised in Cavite City. Description and symbolism: Shield: The wolf in the shield is derived from the armiger’s name, Rendell, a variant of the name … Continue reading Rendell Tamaca Salgado
Raul Roco was a member of the House of Representatives for Camarines Sur and a senator. He was also a Secretary of the Department of Education, and presidential candidate. Description and symbolism: Arms: The design was influenced by arms associated … Continue reading Raul Roco
Orencio Salutan is from Tubigon, Bohol. Description and symbolism: Arms: The three trefoils or are a canting reference to his family name in the Visayan dialect. The azure fess wavy recalls his hometown and the three hills or in base … Continue reading Orencio Salutan
Javino “Jay” Agustin Escriva is a writer from Pulanglupa, Las Pinas. Description and symbolism: The golden eagle symbolizes the family’s pursuit of excellence in education, research and writing. The color purple holds special meaning for the family as a sign … Continue reading Javino “Jay” Agustin Escriva
The arms of King Felipe V of Spain feature prominently on the 1734 Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Islas Filipinas. The map, more commonly known as the Murillo Velarde map, was completed by Spanish cartographer Pedro Murillo Velarde and … Continue reading King Felipe V
Matthew Pajares Yngson is a commercial diplomat and cultural ambassador from Pasig and the Commonwealth of Dominica. He is the Representative Councillor of the Caribbean ASEAN Council and the Executive Director and Envoy for Diplomatic Affairs of the Eastern Caribbean-Southeast Asia … Continue reading Matthew Pajares Yngson
Vincent Beswick-Escanlar is a physician in the Canadian Armed Forces. Description and symbolism: Arms: The colours blue, gold, red and white reflect the national flag of the Philppines, the home of Dr Beswick-Escanlar’s ancestors. The white chevron with blue waves represent … Continue reading Vincent Beswick-Escanlar
Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa was Lieutenant General of the Royal Armies and Captain General of the Philippine Islands. He was made Conde de Manila on July 29, 1848. Description and symbolism: Argent, the Cross of the Trinitarian Order, in the … Continue reading Narciso Claveriá y Zalduá
Toribio de Cossío was Governor and Captain General of the Philippines. He was made Marqués de Torre Campo on August 27, 1714. Description and symbolism: Gules, a tree proper between two towers argent, the dexter flying a banner argent charged … Continue reading Toribio de Cossío
Rodrigo de Vivero y Aberrucia was Captain General of the Philippine Islands and Nueva Vizcaya. He was made Conde del Valle de Orizaba on March 29, 1627. Description and symbolism: Or, three nettles of seven leaves vert above three boulders … Continue reading Rodrigo de Vivero y Aberrucia
As Spanish conquerors and colonists intermarried with Filipinos, those Spaniards with coats of arms would have been entitled to pass them on to their descendants in the Philippines. Several of these shields are collected in the volumes of the Heraldario español, … Continue reading Coats of arms of Spanish settlers in the Philippines
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