A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Zart family of Spain.
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)“De gu. à neuf panelles d'arg., 3, 3 et 3, les tiges en haut.”
The Zart arms were recorded in Andalusia, c. 1722.
Andalusia was the last part of Spain taken back from the Moors, and the land was shared out among the men who took it. A grant of land came with a grant of arms, so the region produced a great many.
This is where the arms were entered in the register. Families often moved to other parts of the country, so the same name can turn up in more than one region.
The body that granted and recorded arms in Spain in this period.
Reigning in Spain when the Zart arms are first recorded.
In Spain, a coat of arms was considered a form of property that belonged to the entire family line. These arms were passed down from a father to all his children equally. Younger branches of the family usually kept the original design without needing to add any special marks to distinguish their specific line.
The family name Zart has deep roots that connect to the diverse cultural landscape of eighteenth-century Andalusia. By 1722, records indicate that members of the family were already established within this southern Spanish region, a time when the area served as a vital crossroads for trade and migration. The name itself is thought to have origins linked to Germanic or Central European roots, suggesting that early ancestors may have traveled south through Europe before settling in the Iberian Peninsula. During this period, families in Andalusia often integrated into the local agricultural or mercantile economies, adapting their traditions to the unique social environment of the Spanish Mediterranean. While the exact path of their migration remains a subject of historical study, the presence of the Zart name in early eighteenth-century documents highlights a family that successfully navigated the complex transitions of the era.
Derived from the Basque term for old or elder.
