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Most of the members of the Capetian dynasty bore a version of the arms of France. The arms of France were adopted by the Capetian kings only in the twelfth century. Consequently, the cadet branches that had branched off in earlier periods (Burgundy, Vermandois, Dreux and Courtenay) bore entirely different arms.
The arms of France was first used by Philip Augustus at the beginning of the age of heraldry. Collateral branches of the French royal family already in existence – the Dukes of Burgundy, the Counts of Vermandois and Dreux, and the Lords of Courtenay – used unrelated coats of arms, while the descendants of Philip Augustus bore the arms of France with marks of cadency.
The first of the royal dauphins of France was Charles (future king as Charles the Wise), eldest son of John, Duke of Normandy (future king as John the Good), eldest son of Philip VI of France. He bore:
Quarterly azure semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules (for Valois); and or, a dolphin azure, crested, barbed, finned, with scales and gills gules (for Dauphiné).
Succeeding royal Dauphins bore:
Quarterly azure, three fleurs-de-lys or; and or, a dolphin azure, crested, barbed, finned, with scales and gills gules.[3]
The sons of kings, and their sons, are called sons and grandsons of France. If granted an appanage was also a peerage, which was usual, they wore the crown with the blue cap.
The princes of the blood are descendants, in the male line, of grandsons of France. If their appanage was also tied with a peerage of France, their crown had blue cap.
Coronet of a prince of the blood who is not also a peer of France.
Basic Marks of Difference
France Ancient
The most basic marks of difference used by the Capetians were the label, bordure and bend. Charges and variations were added by cadets with the expansion of the dynasty. The cross and saltire were used as marks of distinction by the spiritual peers of France.
Under the House of Bourbon the bend gules gradually evolved into a baton couped, while the label argent and bordure gules were associated with the dukes of Orleans and Anjou, respectively.
Azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules, each point charged with three castles or.[1]
These arms were used by the descendants in the male line of Robert. (House of Artois)
Alphonse (1220 † 1271), Count of Poitiers and of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII the Lion and of Blanche of Castile
Per pale, azure, semé-de-lys or, and gules, semé of castles or.[1]
The castles in the arms of Robert of Artois, Alphonse of Poitiers and Charles of Anjou are derived from and allude to the arms of their mother, Blanche of Castile.
Dimidiated per pale, azure, semé-de-lys or, and gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, the centre charged with an emerald proper.[citation needed]
Charles de France (1270 † 1325), Count of Valois, Alençon, Chartres and Perche (1285), Count of Anjou and Maine (1290), Duke of Anjou (1297), founder of the branch, son of Philip III, King of France
before 1297: Azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure-label gules.[5]
after 1297: Azure, semé-de- lys or, a bordure gules.[2]
Philip (1336 † 1375), Duke of Orléans, son of Philip VI of France
Azure, semé-de-lys or, a label compony of gules and argent; that is, France Ancient, a label compony of gules and argent.[10]
Charles of France (1338 † 1380), Dauphin of Viennois, Duke of Normandy, eldest son of John II the Good, King of France. Became King of France as Charles V.
Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules (which is for Valois); 2 and 3 or, a dolphin azure crested, barbed, and finned gules (which is for Viennois).[11]
John (1340 † 1416), Duke of Berry, son of John II the Good, King of France.
Azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure engrailed gules.[9]
Philip the Bold (1342 † 1404), Count of Touraine and Duke of Burgundy, son of John II the Good, King of France.
This is the arms of a married woman, wherein the dexter half represents her husband, and the sinister half represents her father, both kings of France.
Valois House of Orléans
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Name of Armiger and Blazon
Louis (1372 † 1407), Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent,[8] then used by:
Charles (1394 † 1465), Duke of Orléans, son of Louis d'Orléans
Louis II (1462 † 1515), Duke of Orléans, before he became King of France (Louis XII) in 1498, son of Charles d'Orléans
Before 1514: Quarterly, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, and ermine.[12]
From 1514 to 1515: Per pale, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent, and quarterly azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, and ermine.
After 1515: Per pale, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, and quarterly azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, and ermine .[12]
Philip of Orléans (1396 † 1420), Count of Vertus, son of Louis d'Orléans
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent of three points, the central point charged with a crescent gules.[3]
John d'Orléans (1400 † 1467), Count of Angoulême, son of Louis d'Orléans
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent of three points, each point charged with a crescent gules,[9] then used by:
François (1494 † 1549), Count of Angoulême, son of Charles of Angoulême, before he became King of France (François I) in 1515
Armorial de Gilles Le Bouvier gives an alternative, for Orleans-Angoulême: Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent of three points, on the first point a crescent azure.
Quarterly, I and IV azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent charged with three crescents gules (for Orléans-Angoulême), II and III argent, a biscione azure crowned or, devouring a child carnation (for the Visconti of Milan).[3]
Quarterly, I and IV azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent, II and III argent, a biscione azure crowned or, devouring a child carnation.
John d'Orléans (1402 † 1468), Count of Dunois, illegitimate son of Louis d'Orléans Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent, overall a bend sinister argent,[13]
For his descendants, the Counts of Longueville:
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent, overall a baton sinister argent.[13]
Francis (1518 † 1536), dauphin, Duke of Brittany, son of Francis I
Quarterly, I and IV, grand-quarterly 1 and 4, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or; 2 and 3, or, a dolphin azure, crested, barbed and finned gules; II and III, grand-quarterly 1 and 4, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or; 2 and 3, ermine.,[9] then used by:
Henry (1519 † 1559), his brother, dauphin and Duke of Brittany from 1536, before he became King of France (Henry II) in 1549
Francis (1544 † 1560), dauphin, King of Scotland, before he became King of France (Francis II), son of Henry II
Quarterly, I and IV, grand-quarterly 1 and 4, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or; 2 and 3, or, a dolphin azure, crested, barbed and finned gules; II and III, or, a lion rampant gules, enclosed in two tressures, flory and counter-flory, also gules.[3]
Per pale, I, Quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned sable and ajouré azure; 2 and 3, argent, lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed gules, enté en point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; II, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or.
Alexandre-Édouard (1551 † 1589), Count of Angoulême, then Duke of Orléans, Duke of Anjou and Duke of Bourbon and Count of Forez and Peer of France, elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1573, before he became King of France (as Henry III) in 1575, son of Henry II, King of France
before 1573: Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label of three points gules.[3]
from 1573 to 1575: Quarterly, I and IV, gules, an eagle argent, beaked, langued, membered, crowned or; II and III, a knight argent, bearing a shield azure, a patriarchal cross or; overall an inescutcheon azure three fleurs-de-lys or.[citation needed]
Hercule François (1555 † 1584), Duke of Alençon, then Duke of Anjou in 1576
before 1576: Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, on a bordure gules eight plates.
after 1576: Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules.
Valois House of Anjou
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Name of Armiger and Blazon
Louis I (1339 † 1384), Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence
Before 1382: Azure semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules.[9]
After 1382: Per pale, argent, a cross potent or, cantonned with four crosses or, and dimidiated azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules and azure, semé-de-lys or a bordure gules,[3] then used by:
Louis II (1377 † 1417), Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence, son of Louis I
Louis III (1403 † 1434), Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence, son of Louis II
Marie of Anjou (1404 † 1463), daughter of Louis II, Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence, married in 1422 to Charles VII (1403 † 1461)
Dimidiated, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, and per pale, argent, a cross potent or, cantonned with four crosses or, dimidiated with azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules.[12]
René I (1408 † 1480), Duke of Lorraine, Bar and Anjou, King of Naples and Count of Provence, son of Louis II
In 1420: Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules; 2 and 3 azure, semy of crosslets or and two barbels or. Overall or, a bend gules charged with three alerions argent.[3]
In 1435: Per fess and tierced per pale, 1 barry of gules and argent, 2 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules, 3 argent, a cross potent or, cantonned by four crosslets or, 4 azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules, 5 azure, semy of crosslets or, two barbels or, 6 or, a bend gules charged with three alérions argent.[3]
In 1443: Per fess and tierced per pale, 1 barry of gules and argent, 2 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules, 3 argent, a cross potent or, cantonned by four crosslets or, 4 azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules, 5 azure, semy of crosslets or, two barbels or, 6 or, a bend gules charged with three alérions argent, inescutcheon or, four pallets gules,[3] then used by:
John II (1425 † 1470), Duke of Lorraine and Calabria, son of René I
Nicholas (1448 † 1473), Duke of Lorraine, son of John II
In 1453: Per fess, the chief tierced in pale, 1 barry of gules and argent, 2 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules, 3 argent, a cross potent or, cantonned by four crosslets or; the base per pale, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules, and azure, semy of crosslets or, two barbels or. Overall or, four pallets gules.[3]
In 1470: Per saltire, 1 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules; 2 barry of gules and argent; 3 argent, a cross potent or, cantonned by four crosslets or; 4 azure, semy of crosslets or, two barbels or. Overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules.[3]
Azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules, charged at the dexter chief with a lion argent.[3]
Charles IV, Duke of Anjou (1436 † 1481), Duke of Anjou, Count of Maine and Provence, son of Charles, Count of Maine
Quarterly, I and IV tierced in pale, 1 barry of gules and argent, 2 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules, 3 argent, a cross potent or cantonned by four crosslets or; II and III azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules; inescutcheon or, four pallets gules.[3]
Valois House of Burgundy
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Name of Armiger and Blazon
Philip the Bold (1342 † 1404), Count of Touraine, then Duke of Burgundy (1364), son of John II, King of France
Before 1364: Azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules.[9]
After 1364: Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; 2 and 3 bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules[3]
John the Fearless (1371 † 1419), Duke of Burgundy, Count of Nevers, Flanders,..., son of Philip the Bold
Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; 2 and 3 bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules, overall or, a lion sable armed and langued gules.[15]
Philip the Good (1396 † 1467), Grand Duke of the West, Duke of Burgundy and Brabant, Count of Flanders, Hainaut and Holland,..., son of John the Fearless
Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; 2 per pale, bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules and sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules; 3 per pale, bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules and argent, a lion gules, armed and langued or. Overall, or, a lion sable armed and langued gules.,[15] then used by:
his son Charles the Bold (1433 † 1477), Grand Duke of the West,...
Charles the Bold (1433 † 1477), Count of Charolais, son of preceding
Arms of Burgundy (the arms of his father), brisured by a label argent.[16][17]
At the death of his father in 1467, he became Duke of Burgundy, so he suppressed the label.[citation needed]
Mary of Burgundy (1457 † 1482), duchess de Burgundy and Brabant, countess of Hainaut and Holland..., only child of the last duke of Burgundy Charles le Téméraire
Impaled her husband's arms Maximilian of Austria (left) top impaled Austria Ancient and Austria modern, on bottom tiercé impaled Styria, de Carinthia et de Carniola, overall Tyrol with her father's (on the right) Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; 2 per pale, bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules and sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules; 3 per pale, bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules and argent, a lion gules, armed and langued or. Overall, or, a lion sable armed and langued gules.,[15]
Marie of Clèves-Burgundy (1393 † 1463), Duchess of Clèves and Countess of La Marck, daughter of John the Fearless and wife of Adolphe IV of La Marck
Quarterly, 1, gules, an escutcheon argent, surmounted by the rays of an escarbuncle or; 2, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; 3 or, a fess chequy of three rows, argent and gules; 4 bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules; overall the sinister half of Flanders issuant from fess point.[citation needed]
Quarterly, I, fusilly bendwise azure and argent (for Wittelsbach); II, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; III grand-quarterly 1 and 4 or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules; 2 and 3 or, a lion gules, armed and langued azure; IV bendy of six, or and azure.[15]
Anthony (1364 † 1415), Duke of Brabant, son of Philip the Bold
Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; 2, sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules; 3, argent, a lion gules, armed and langued or,[15] then used by:
John IV (1403 † 1427) Duke of Brabant, his eldest son
Philip (1404 † 1430) Duke of Brabant, his younger son
Philip (1404 † 1430), Count of Ligny and Count of Saint-Pôl, before becoming Duke of Brabant, son of Antoine
Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure engrailed compony of argent and gules; 2, sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules; 3, argent, a lion gules, armed and langued or.[3]
Philip (1389 † 1415), Count of Nevers and Rethel, son of Philip the Bold
Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; 2 and 3, or, a lion sable, armed, crowned and langued gules,[18] then used by:
Charles (1414 † 1464), Count of Nevers and Rethel, his eldest son
John (1415–1491), Count of Etampes, Nevers, Rethel and Eu, younger son of Philip, Count of Nevers and Rethel
Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules, 2 and 3, azure, semé-de-lys or, a label of three points gules, each point charged with three castles or each.[19]
Count of Nevers and Rethel: Quarterly, 1 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; 2 gules, three rakes or; 3 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label of three points gules, each point charged with three castles or each; 4 sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules.[20][21]
Or, arms of Burgundy (that is, of Philip the Good) displayed in chevron brochant.[citation needed]
Anthony, also called Grand Bastard of Burgundy (1421 † 1504), brother of preceding, Count of La Roche (Ardenne), Grandpré, Sainte-Menehould and Guinness, Lord of Crèvecoeur, Beveren and Tournehem, Knight of the Golden Fleece,
Arms of Burgundy (of Philip the Good), differenced by a cottice in bend sinister argent.[citation needed]
Philip of Burgundy-Beveren ( 1450 † 1498 – Bruges), son of preceding, Lord of Beveren, Count of La Roche (Ardenne), seigneur de la Veere, Admiral of the Netherlands, Governor of Artois, Knight of the Golden Fleece,
Quarterly, 1 and 4, Arms of Philip the Good, 2 and 3, barry of eight, or and azure, three annulets gules in chief (La Vieuville).[citation needed]
Adolf of Burgundy (1489 † 1540 – Beveren), son of preceding, Lord of Beveren, Count of La Roche, Veere and Flessingue, Admiral of the Netherlands, Knight of the Golden Fleece,
Quarterly: 1 and 4, the Arms of Philip the Good; 2 and 3, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, on the chief of a bend gules, a canton or charged with a dolphin azure (for Bourbon-Montpensier); overall sable, a fess argent (de Borselleen),[citation needed] then used by:
his son Maximilian II of Burgundy (1514 † 1558), Marquis de Veere and de Flessingue, Lord of Beures, Tournehem and la Fosse, Wescaplo, Poldre, Zandick, Békerke, Brands-Wershamen, Duncland, Laggre-Badt, Admiral of the Netherlands (1540–1558), Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht (1547–1558), Knight of the Golden Fleece
Dimidiated: azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure gules charged with plates, a castle or instead of a plate in the dexter chief point; gules, two lions passant guardant or.[3]
Charles IV (1489 † 1525), Duke of Alençon, Count of Armagnac and Rodez
Quarterly, I and IV azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules platy; II and III, grand-quarterly, 1 and 4 argent, a lion gules; 2 and 3 gules, a lion rampant guardant or.[3]
Azure, semé-de-lys or, a bend compony of argent and gules.[22]
Philip III (1306 † 1343), King of Navarre, Count of Evreux, son of Louis d'Evreux
Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure, semé-de-lys or, a bend compony of argent and gules; 2 and 3 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, the center point charged with an emerald proper.[5]
Charles II (1332 † 1387), King of Navarre and Count of Evreux, son of Philippe III d'Evreux
Quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, the center point charged with an emerald proper; 2 and 3 azure, semé-de-lys or, a bend compony of argent and gules,[5] then used by:
his son Charles III (1361 † 1425), King of Navarre and Count of Evreux
Per pale, azure, semé-de-lys or, per fess, gules, chains or, linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center point with an emerald proper, and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bend compony of argent and gules[12]
Charles of Navarre (1361 † 1425), before he became King of Navarre (Charles III) in 1387, son of Charles II, King of Navarre.
Quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, chains or, linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper; 2 and 3, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bend compony of argent and gules, overall a label argent.
Peter of Navarre (1366 † 1412), Count of Mortain, son of Charles II, King of Navarre.
Quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, chains or, linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper; 2 and 3 azure, semé-de-lys or, a bend compony of argent and gules, overall a bordure engrailed argent.
Quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, chains or, linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper; 2 and 3 azure, semé-de-lys or, a bend compony of argent and gules, overall a bordure argent.[5]
Charles d'Évreux (1305 † 1336), Count of Etampes, son of Louis of Evreux
Azure, semé-de-lys or, a bend compony of argent, an ermine spot and gules.[5]
Louis d'Évreux († 1400), Count of Etampes, son of Charles d'Évreux, Count of Etampes.
Azure, semé-de-lys or, a bend compony of argent, an ermine spot and gules, a castle or.[5]
Louis of Clermont (1280 † 1342), eldest son of Robert of Clermont, later known as Louis I, Duke of Bourbon. He used this arms during the lifetime of his father.
Azure, semé-de-lys or, on a bend gules a mullet argent.
Per pale, azure semé-de-lys or and azure semé-de-lys or, a bend gules, then, Per pale, azure three fleurs-de-lys or, and azure three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend gules.
Quarterly, Bourbon and Burgundy (arms of Philip the Good).[citation needed]
Louis (1398 † 1404), Lord of Beaujolais
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend gules charged with three dolphins or.[24]
Peter (1438 † 1503), Count of Beaujeu, son of Charles I of Bourbon
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, on a bend gules a canton or charged with a lion sable and a label gules.[24]
Anne (1461 † 1522), Countess of Beaujeu and Regent of France, daughter of Louis XI, King of France
Per pale azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend gules and azure, three fleurs-de-lyr or.
Louis I(† 1486), Count of Montpensier, Dauphin of Auvergne, son of John I of Bourbon
Before 1428: Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend engrailed gules.[24]
After 1428: Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, on a bend gules a canton or charged with a dolphin azure.[24]
Gilbert(1443 † 1496), Count of Montpensier, Dauphin of Auvergne, son of Louis I
Qiuarterly 1 and 4 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend gules; 2 and 3 or, a dolphin azure.[24]
House of Bourbon-La Marche
Figure
Name of Armiger and Blazon
James I (1319 † 1362), Count of La Marche, son of Louis I de Bourbon
Azure, semé-de-lys or, on a bend gules three lioncels argent (on some sources, lions passant argent[24]), then used by:
Peter (1342 † 1362) Count of La Marche, his eldest son
John I (1344 † 1393) Count of La Marche, his younger son
James II (1370 † 1438), Count of La Marche and King of Naples, son of John I
Quarterly, I and IV tierced in pale, 1 barry of eight of argent and gules, 2 argent, a cross potent or cantonned by four crosslets or; 3 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules; II and III azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend gules.[24]
House of Bourbon-Vendôme
Figure
Name of Armiger and Blazon
Louis I (1376 † 1446), Count of Vendôme, son of John I of La Marche
Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend gules; 2 and 3 argent, a chief gules, a lion azure, armed, langued and crowned or, overall on a bend gules three lions argent.[24]
John VIII (1428 † 1477), Count of Vendôme, son of Louis I
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, on a bend gules three lions rampants argent, later used by the Counts of Vendôme until 1527, when they inherited the arms of the duke of Bourbon.[24]
Quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper; 2 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend gules; 3 or, two cows passant in pale gules, horned, collared and belled azure.
Then used by his son Henry of Navarre before he became King of France in 1589.[24]
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bendlet couped gules charged with a moon increscent argent on the canton, then used by the Dukes of Montpensier.[24]
Charles (1515 † 1565), prince of la Roche sur Yon, son of Louis
Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bendlet couped gules charged with a moon increscent argent on the canton; 2 and 3 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bendlet couped gules.[24]
Francis I (1491–1545), Count of Saint-Pol, Duke of Estouteville, son of Francis of Vendôme and Marie de Luxembourg
Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend gules; 2 and 3 argent, a lion gueules, the tail forked, looped in saltire, armed, langued and crowned or.[24]
Francis II (1536–1546), Duke of Estouteville, son of Francis I and Adrienne d'Estouteville
Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend gules; 2 and 3 barry of argent and gules, a lion sable, armed, langued and crowned or.[24]
Francis (1519–1546), Count of Enghien, son of Charles of Vendôme and Françoise of Alençon
Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend gules; 2 and 3 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules charged with eight plates,[24] then used by:
John (1528–1557), Count of Soissons and Enghien, his brother
Francis (1558–1614), Prince of Conti, their nephew, son of Louis I de Bourbon-Condé
Since 1562, as Prince of Bearn and Duke of Vendome: Quarterly 1 and 4 Navarre, 2 Bourbon, 3 Béarn.
Since 1572, as King of Navarre: Per fess and per three pallets, forming eight quarters: 1 Navarre, 2 Bourbon, 3 quarterly France and Albret, 4 Aragon, 5 quarterly Foix and Béarn, 6 quarterly Armagnac and Rodez, 7 Evreux, 8 quarterly Castile and Leon. Inescutcheon Bigorre.
Since 1589, as King of France and Navarre: Per pale, azure three fleurs-de-lys or and gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper, borne by all Kings of France until 1830.
Per pale, quarterly 1 and 4 gules, a castle or, with gates and windows azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or, enté en pointe argent, a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; azure, three fleurs-de-lys or.
Louis of France (1682–1712), Duke of Burgundy, later Dauphin of Viennois (1711–1712), son of the 'Grand Dauphin, grandson of Louis XIV of France.
until 1711: Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure, three fleurs-de-lys d'or (France), 2 and 3 bendy or and azure of six, a bordure gules (Burgundy)[25]
1711–1712: Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure, three fleurs-dy-lys or, 2 and 3 or, a dolphin hauriant azure
Philip V of Spain (1683–1746), Duke of Anjou, later King of Spain, (from 1700, as Felipe V), son of the 'Grand Dauphin', grandson of Louis XIV
before 1700: azure three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules
Ancestor of the Royal family of Spain and the Grand-Ducal family of Luxembourg, also the former ruling houses of the Two Sicilies and Parma.
Louis Stanislas Xavier (1755 † 1824) (son of Louis (1729–1765), Dauphin of France), Count of Provence, Duke of Anjou, Count of Maine, Perche, and Senonches, Duke of Alençon and Brunoy, Peer of France, then King of France as Louis XVIII
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure engrailed gules.[citation needed]
Also used
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure indented gules.[citation needed]
And
Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or; 2 and 3 azure, a fleur-de-lys or
Charles (1686 † 1714), Duke of Berry, son of the 'Grand Dauphin', grandson of Louis XIV
Azure, three fleur-de-lys or a bordure engrailed gules.
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon (1725–1793), Count of Penthièvre, son of the Count of Toulouse.
Spanish House of Bourbon
Figure
Name of Armiger and Blazon
Philip (1683 † 1746), Duke of Anjou, then King of Spain (1700, under the name Philip V), son of the Grand Dauphin, grandson of Louis XIV.
Quarterly, I grand-quarterly 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned sable and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed gules (for Leon); grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada); II per pale or, four pallets gules (for Aragon), and per saltire or, four pallets gules and argent an eagle displayed sable (for Sicily); III per fess gules, a fess argent (for Austria); bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); IV per fess, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules (for Valois-Burgundy); sable a lion rampant or langued and armed gules (for Brabant). Grafted in point, per pale or, a lion rampant sable armed and langued gules (for Flanders); argent an eagle displayed gules, armed, beaked, and langued or (for Tyrol). Overall an inescutcheon azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules (for Anjou).[citation needed]
Quarterly of six, three rows of two: I per pale or, four pallets gules and per saltire, or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable; II per pale gules, a fess argent and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; III azure, séme-de-lys or, a label gules; IV or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules; V bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules; VI sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules. Grafted in point, per pale, or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules, and argent, an eagle displayed gules, membered and beaked or. Overall, an inescutcheon, quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned sable and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed gules; grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; Inescutcheon, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules,[citation needed] then used by:
Small Shield of Spain: quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned sable and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed gules; grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; Inescutcheon, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules[citation needed] then used by
Charles de Bourbon (1716 † 1788), King of Naples and Sicily (1738–1759), King of Spain, (as Charles III), son of Philip V, King of Spain.
Quarterly of six, three rows of two: I per pale or, four pallets gules and per saltire, or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable; II per pale gules, a fess argent and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; III or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, three, two and one; IV or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules; V bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules; VI sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules. Grafted in point, per pale, or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules, and argent, an eagle displayed gules, membered and beaked or. Overall, an inescutcheon, quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned sable and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed gules; grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; Inescutcheon, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules,[citation needed] then used by:
The Spanish Bourbons became senior male representatives of Hugh Capet after the death of the Count of Chambord in 1883. However, the senior male agnate was actually the Carlist claimant. In any case, in lieu of that Alfonso removed the red bordure of Anjou.
Quarterly of six, three rows of two: I per pale or, four pallets gules and per saltire, or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable; II per pale gules, a fess argent and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; III or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, three, two and one; IV or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules; V bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules; VI sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules. Grafted in point, per pale, or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules, and argent, an eagle displayed gules, membered and beaked or. Overall, an inescutcheon, quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned sable and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed gules; grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; Inescutcheon, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or,[citation needed] then used by:
Alfonso XIII (1886 † 1941), King of Spain, before 1931
In 1931 Alfonso XIII did away with the distinction between state and personal arms by combining the two (see Spanish Royal Arms). He took the arms of Charles III, that he had been using, and substituted the Aragon quarter with Jerusalem, as the Aragon quarter was on the national arms. The national arms replaced the former inescutcheon of just Castile, Leon and Granada alone, with the inescutcheon of France overall.
Quarterly 1 gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure; 2 argent a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or; 3 or, four pallets gules; 4 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper. Grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert. Overall an inescutcheon azure, three fleurs-de-lys or.[28]
Grande Arms: Quarterly of six, three rows of two: I per pale or, four pallets gules and per saltire, or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable (Sicily); et en d'argent à la croix potencé d'or (Jerusalem); II per pale gules, a fess argent and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; (Austria/Burgundy modern) III or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, three, two and one; (Farnese/Parma) IV or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (Medici/Tuscany); V bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules; (Burgundy ancient) VI sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules.(Brabant) Grafted in point, per pale, or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules,(Flanders) and argent, an eagle displayed gules, membered and beaked or.(Tyrol) Overall, an inescutcheon, quarterly 1 gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure,(Castile) 2 argent a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or,(Leon) 3 or, four pallets gules, (Aragon) 4 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper; (Navarre) grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert.(Granada) Overall, an inescutcheon azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, (France modern)
Don Juan was the 3rd son of Alfonso XIII, and his designated successor. By this time the Carlist line had died out also, so the Spanish royal family were in fact the senior representatives of Hugh Capet. However, Don Juan, as the younger brother, was not. That belonged to his elder brother, Jaime, Duke of Segovia, who also renounced his rights to the Spanish throne as he was born deaf. The claim as senior agnate of Hugh Capet is continued by his descendant, Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, who claims the French Throne. In lieu of this, Don Juan reinstituted the red bordure of Anjou on the French royal arms. Don Juan formally renounced his rights to his son King Juan Carlos I in 1977.
Quarterly 1 gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure, 2 argent a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or, 3 or, four pallets gules, 4 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper; grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert. Overall, an inescutcheon azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules[28] then
Grand Arms: Quarterly of six, three rows of two: I per pale or, four pallets gules and per saltire, or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable (Sicily); et en d'argent à la croix potencé d'or (Jerusalem); II per pale gules, a fess argent and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; (Austria/Burgundy modern) III or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, three, two and one; (Farnese/Parma) IV or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (Medici/Tuscany); V bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules; (Burgundy ancient) VI sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules.(Brabant) Grafted in point, per pale, or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules,(Flanders) and argent, an eagle displayed gules, membered and beaked or.(Tyrol) Overall, an inescutcheon, quarterly 1 gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure,(Castile) 2 argent a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or,(Leon) 3 or, four pallets gules, (Aragon) 4 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper; (Navarre) grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert.(Granada) Overall, an inescutcheon azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules,(Anjou modern)
used by:
Juan Carlos I, (1938 – † ), King of Spain (1975–2014)
Quarterly 1 gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure, 2 argent a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or, 3 or, four pallets gules, 4 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper; grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; Overall, an inescutcheon azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules. On chief, a label azure.
used by:
Felipe VI as Heir-Apparent and Prince of Asturias, (1968–)
Quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or, grafted in point argent, a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert. Overall, an inescutcheon azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules.[citation needed]
Quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or, grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert. Overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or.[28]
At the death of Henry, Count of Chambord, the Carlist pretender became the senior legitimate male of the House of Bourbon, and so claimed the plain arms of France in his inescutcheon.
Per pale, azure, three fleurs-de-lys; quarterly, 1 gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure; 2 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or; 3 or, four pallets gules; 4 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper. Grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert.[28]
Tierced in pale, I per fess, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, in three, two and one, (for Farnèse) and argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two on the sides couched, each charged with five plates in saltire, within a bordure gules seven three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Portugal); II per fess, quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or (for Leon); azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules (for Naples) and III or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany). Overall an inescutcheon, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules, (for Anjou).[citation needed]
Grand arms of the Bourbon kings of Two Sicilies.
Tierced in pale:
I, quarterly: 1 and 4, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, in three, two and one, (for Farnèse); 2 and 3, per pale, gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); overall argent, five escutcheons in cross azure, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules charged with seven three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Portugal);
II, tierced in fess:
1 per pale, quarterly i and iv gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); ii and iii argent, a lion purpure (for Léon); per pale or, four pallets gules (for Aragon) and per saltire or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable (for Sicily). Grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada);
2 per pale gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of gules and argent (for Valois-Burgundy),
3 quarterly i per bend sinister bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy) and or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules (for Flanders); ii per bend sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules (for Brabant) and argent, an eagle gules (for Tyrol); iii azure, semé-de-lys d'or, a label gules (for Naples) and iv argent, a cross potent or cantonned by four crosslets or (for Jerusalem);
III, or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany);
Overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, two and one, a bordure gules (for Anjou).[31]
Two shields coupled: that of Bourbon-Orléans (azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent) and that of Bourbon-Sicily (Tierced in pale I, quarterly: 1 and 4, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, in three, two and one, (for Farnèse); 2 and 3, per pale gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); overall argent, five escutcheons in cross azure, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules charged with seven three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Portugal); II, tierced per fess, I per pale quarterly 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion purpure (for Léon); per pale or, four pallets gules (for Aragon) and per saltire or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable (for Sicily). Grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada); II per pale gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of gules and argent (for Valois-Burgundy); III quarterly 1 per bend sinister bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy) and or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules (for Flanders); 2 per bend sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules (for Brabant) and argent, an eagle gules (for Tyrol); 3 azure, semé-de-lys d'or, a label gules (for Naples); 4 argent, a cross potent or cantonned by four crosslets or (for Jerusalem); III, or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany). Overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, two and one, a bordure gules (for Anjou)).[citation needed]
Two shields coupled: 1) Quarterly of six, three rows of two: I per pale or, four pallets gules and per saltire, or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable; II gules, a fess argent and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; III or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, three, two and one; IV or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules; V bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules; VI sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules. Grafted in point, per pale, or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules, and argent, an eagle displayed gules, membered and beaked or. Overall, an inescutcheon, quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned sable and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed gules; grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; Inescutcheon, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules and 2) Tierced in pale, I per fess, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, in three, two and one, (for Farnèse) and argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two on the sides couched, each charged with five plates in saltire, within a bordure gules seven three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Portugal); II per fess, quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or (for Leon); azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules (for Naples) and III or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany). Overall an inescutcheon, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules, (for Anjou).
1941–1977 (As the Pretender's Consort): Per pale I, quarterly 1 gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure, which is of Castile, 2 argent a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or, which is of León, 3 or, four pallets gules, which is of Aragon, 4 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper, which is of Navarre, grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert, which is of Granada overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, which is of France and II, quarterly I per pale of two, 1 per fess or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, in three, two and one, (for Farnèse) and argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two on the sides couched, each charged with five plates in saltire, within a bordure gules nine three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure (which is of Portugal), 2 per fess quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile) and 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or (for Leon) and azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules (for Naples) and 3 or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany); overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules (for Anjou).
1977–2000 (After her husband renounce): Per pale I, quarterly 1 gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure, which is of Castile, 2 argent a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or, which is of León, 3 or, four pallets gules, which is of Aragon, 4 gules, chains or linked in orle, cross and saltire, charged at the center with an emerald proper, which is of Navarre, grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert, which is of Granada overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules, which is of Anjou and II, quarterly I per pale of two, 1 per fess or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, in three, two and one, (for Farnèse) and argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two on the sides couched, each charged with five plates in saltire, within a bordure gules nine three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure (which is of Portugal), 2 per fess quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile) and 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or (for Leon) and azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules (for Naples) and 3 or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany); overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules (for Anjou).
House of Bourbon-Parma
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Name of Armiger and Blazon
Lesser arms of the Bourbon Dukes of Parma from 1748 to the present
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules charged with eight escallops argent.[citation needed]
Dukes of Bourbon-Parma from 1748 to 1802
Per pale 1, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure in three, two and one and 2, argent, a cross pattée gules cantonned by four eagles sable with wings inverted. Overall, quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or, grafted in point a pomegranate proper, seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert. Overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules charged with eight escallops argent.[citation needed]
Two shields coupled: these being 1) Quarterly of six, three rows of two: I per pale or, four pallets gules and per saltire, or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable; II gules, a fess argent and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules; III or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, three, two and one; IV or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules; V bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules; VI sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules. Grafted in point, per pale, or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules, and argent, an eagle displayed gules, membered and beaked or. Overall, an inescutcheon, quarterly, 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned sable and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed gules; grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; Inescutcheon, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules and 2) Per pale 1, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure in three, two and one and 2, argent, a cross pattée gules cantonned by four eagles sable with wings inverted. Overall, quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or, grafted in point a pomegranate proper, seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert. Overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules charged with eight escallops argent.[32]
Kings of Etruria from 1802 to 1807
Quarterly: 1 or, six fleurs-de-lys azure in three, two and one (for Farnèse); 2, argent, a cross pattée gules cantonned by four eagles sable with wings inverted (for Mantua); 3, or, on a bend gules three alérions argent (which is Lorraine); 4, gules, a fess argent (for Austria); overall, quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or (for Leon); inescutcheon, per pale azure, three fleurs-de-lys or (for France) and or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany).
Dukes of Lucca from 1815 to 1824
Quarterly, 1. per pales Medici and Farnese, 2. quarterly Castile and León, 3. Gonzaga (for Guastalla), 4. per pale Austria and Lorraine. En surtout per fess argent and gules a panther rampant or (Lucca), en surtout Azure, three fleur de lys Or, on a bordure gules eight escallops argent (For Bourbon-Parma).
Dukes of Lucca from 1824 to 1847
Quarterly 1 and 4 per fess argent and gules (for Lucca), 2 and 3 Grand Quarter 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or (for Leon)en surtout Azure, three fleur de lys Or, on a bordure gules eight escallops argent (for Bourbon-Parma).
Dukes of Bourbon-Parma from 1847 to the present
Quarterly of nine: – 1, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure in three, two and one (for Farnèse), – 2, per pale argent, a cross pattée gules cantonned by four eagles sable with wings inverted (for Gonzaga) and azure, a lion bendy of argent and gueules (for Rossi) – 3, per pale or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany) and per fess gules over or, the or charged with a tree argent, the branches and leaves on gules (for Malaspina) – 4 argent an eagle sable ([or] for Savoy ancien) charged at the heart with an escutcheon gules a cross argent (for Savoy moderne) – 5 in an escutcheon, quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or (for Leon), grafted in point overall a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada); overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, on a bordure gules eight escallops argent (for Bourbon-Parma) – 6 gules, a fess argent (for Corregio) – 7 chequy of nine argent and gules, on chief an eagle sable (for Pallavicini) – 8 gules, a cross or cantonned by four B's addorsed or (for Paleologos) – 9 quarterly: 1 and 4, paly of or and azure, a fess argent; 2 and 3, barry wavy or and azur (for Landi)[33]
Impaled: that of Bourbon-Sicily (Tierced in pale I, quarterly: 1 and 4, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, in three, two and one, (for Farnèse); 2 and 3, per pale gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); overall argent, five escutcheons in cross azure, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules charged with eight three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Portugal); II, tierced per fess, I per pale quarterly 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion purpure (for Léon); per pale or, four pallets gules (for Aragon) and per saltire or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable (for Sicily). Grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada); II per pale gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of gules and argent (for Valois-Burgundy); III quarterly 1 per bend sinister bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy) and or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules (for Flanders); 2 per bend sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules (for Brabant) and argent, an eagle gules (for Tyrol); 3 azure, semé-de-lys d'or, a label gules (for Naples); 4 argent, a cross potent or cantonned by four crosslets or (for Jerusalem); III, or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany). Overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, two and one, a bordure gules (for Anjou)) with that of Bourbon-Parma (Quarterly of nine: 1, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure in three, two and one (for Farnèse); 2, per pale argent, a cross pattée gules cantonned by four eagles sable with wings inverted (for Gonzaga) and azure, a lion bendy of argent and gueules (for Rossi); 3, per pale or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany) and per fess gules over or, the or charged with a tree argent, the branches and leaves on gules (for Malaspina); 4 argent an eagle sable ([or] for Savoy ancien) charged at the heart with an escutcheon gules a cross argent (for Savoy moderne); 5 in an escutcheon, quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or (for Leon), grafted in point overall a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada); overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, on a bordure gules eight escallops argent (for Bourbon-Parma); 6 gules, a fess argent (for Corregio); 7 chequy of nine argent and gules, on chief an eagle sable (for Pallavicini); 8 gules, a cross or cantonned by four B's addorsed or (for Paleologos); 9 quarterly: 1 and 4, paly of or and azure, a fess argent; 2 and 3, barry wavy or and azur (for Landi)).
House de Bourbon de Parme in the Netherlands, from 1996 to the present
The noble family De Bourbon de Parme is a branch of the royal and ducal house Bourbon-Parma house. Since 1996 some members also belong to the Dutch nobility as Prince or Princess de Bourbon de Parme.
Arms at his majority (1939): Quarterly: I and IV azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules (for Bourbon-Spain);[35] II and III azure billety or, a lion crowned or, armed and langued gules (for Nassau); Inescutcheon barry of ten argent and azure, a lion gules with a forked tail looped in saltire, armed, langued and crowned or (for Luxembourg).
Arms during his marriage to Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (1953): Per pale, I azure billety or a lion crowned or armed and langued gules (for Nassau); II barry of ten argent and azure a lion gules with a forked tail looped in saltire, armed, langued and crowned or (for Luxembourg); overall, in middle base point, azure, three fleur-de-lys or, a bordure gules charged with eight escallops argent (for Bourbon-Parma).
At his accession (1964), he adopted the Arms of Dominion of Luxembourg: Quarterly I and IV barry of ten argent and azure, a lion gules with a forked tail looped in saltire, armed, langued and crowned or (for Luxembourg); II and III azure billety or, a lion crowned or armed and langued gules (for Nassau).
Arms prior to his accession: Quarterly I and IV barry of ten argent and azure, a lion gules with a forked tail looped in saltire, armed, langued and crowned or (for Luxembourg); II and III azure billety or, a lion crowned or armed and langued gules (for Nassau), differenced by a Label of three points Argent.
Arms from his accession, 2000: Quarterly, 1 and 4 barry of ten azure and argent, a lion with forked tail gules, armed, langued and crowned or, 2 and 3 azure, billetty or, a lion or armed and langued gules, crowned or, overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, on a bordure gules eight escallops argent[citation needed]
Per pale I, Quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned or, grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; II, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent.
Two shields coupled: these being Spain – quarterly, I grand-quarterly 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned sable and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion rampant purpure crowned or, langued and armed gules (for Leon); grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada); II per pale or, four pallets gules (for Aragon), and per saltire or, four pallets gules and argent an eagle displayed sable (for Sicily); III per fess gules, a fess argent (for Austria); bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); IV per fess, azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of argent and gules (for Valois-Burgundy); sable a lion rampant or langued and armed gules (for Brabant). Grafted in point, per pale or, a lion rampant sable armed and langued gules (for Flanders); argent an eagle displayed gules, armed, beaked, and langued or (for Tyrol). Overall an inescutcheon azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules (for Anjou) and Bourbon-Orleans –azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent.
Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, then King of the French. Louis Philippe initially kept the arms of Orleans surmounted by a royal crown. But during a riot in 1830 in Paris, his exhibited arms were vandalized. Louis Philippe then adopted a new emblem: Azure tables of the Act Or, on which are inscribed: "Charte constitutionnelle 1830 (Constitutional Charter of 1830)". The fleur-de-lys disappeared, but the traditional colors of France (blue and gold) are retained.
then
When the monarchy fell, the Orléans resumed the use of their old arms. In particular, at the death of Louis-Philippe, his grandson and immediate heir, the Count of Paris, used such arms until the death of the Count of Chambord in 1883.
Per pale, I, quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent, a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or, grafted in point a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert; overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bordure gules; II, azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent.
Orleanist pretenders to the French throne since 1883:
As Duchess of Calabria (1965–2015): Two shields coupled: that of Bourbon-Sicily (Tierced in pale I, quarterly: 1 and 4, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, in three, two and one, (for Farnèse); 2 and 3, per pale gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); overall argent, five escutcheons in cross azure, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules charged with eight three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Portugal); II, tierced per fess, I per pale quarterly 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion purpure (for Léon); per pale or, four pallets gules (for Aragon) and per saltire or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable (for Sicily). Grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada); II per pale gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of gules and argent (for Valois-Burgundy); III quarterly 1 per bend sinister bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy) and or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules (for Flanders); 2 per bend sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules (for Brabant) and argent, an eagle gules (for Tyrol); 3 azure, semé-de-lys d'or, a label gules (for Naples); 4 argent, a cross potent or cantonned by four crosslets or (for Jerusalem); III, or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany). Overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, two and one, a bordure gules (for Anjou)) and that of France (azure, three fleurs-de-lys or).
As Dowager (2015–): Impaled: that of Bourbon-Sicily (Tierced in pale I, quarterly: 1 and 4, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, in three, two and one, (for Farnèse); 2 and 3, per pale gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); overall argent, five escutcheons in cross azure, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules charged with eight three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Portugal); II, tierced per fess, I per pale quarterly 1 and 4 gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); 2 and 3 argent, a lion purpure (for Léon); per pale or, four pallets gules (for Aragon) and per saltire or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable (for Sicily). Grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada); II per pale gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of gules and argent (for Valois-Burgundy); III quarterly 1 per bend sinister bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy) and or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules (for Flanders); 2 per bend sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules (for Brabant) and argent, an eagle gules (for Tyrol); 3 azure, semé-de-lys d'or, a label gules (for Naples); 4 argent, a cross potent or cantonned by four crosslets or (for Jerusalem); III, or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany). Overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, two and one, a bordure gules (for Anjou)) with that of France (azure, three fleurs-de-lys or).
Michel d'Orléans (1941), Count of Évreux , son of Henri d'Orléans (1908–1999), Count of Paris
Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or, a bend compony of argent and gules.
Charles-Philippe d'Orléans (1973), Duke of Anjou , Grandmaster of the Order of St. Lazarus, eldest son of Michel d'Orléans, Count of Evreux .
Quarterly Order of Saint Lazarus and Anjou, the escutcheon placed on a cross of St. Lazarus of eight points.[36] The arms of Charles Philip as grandmaster are the same as those of his competitor, his cousin the Duke of Seville.
Since 1912: Vert, an armillary-sphere Or, pierced with a cross formy Gules, voided Argent, and surrounded by an annulet Azure charged with nineteen five-pointed stars Argent.[37]
Since 1912: Vert, an armillary-sphere Or, pierced with a cross formy Gules, voided Argent, and surrounded by an annulet Azure charged with nineteen five-pointed stars Argent. On chief, a label argent.
At the extinction of the Soissons branch of the House of Conde, it was used by Armand (1626 † 1666), prince of Conti, son of Henri II de Condé, and then his descendants, the Princes of Conti
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, on a bend gules, three lioncels argent, a bordure gules.[39]
House of Bourbon-Préaux
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Name of Armiger and Blazon
Jacques (1346 † 1417), Lord of Préaux, son of James I of La Marche
Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure, semé-de-lys or, on a bend gules three lioncels argent; 2 and 3 gules, an eagle or.
Peter of Carency (1390 † 1422), Lord of Préaux, son of James of Bourbon-Preaux
Azure, semé-de-lys or, a bend gules, a bordure gules.
Illegitimate branches
House of Bourbon-Lavedan
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Name of Armiger and Blazon
Charles de Bourbon-Lavedan (1450 † 1502), bastard of Bourbon, knight, baron of Chaudes-Aigues and Malause, Lord of La Chauffée, Estain, Bouconville, counselor, chamberlain to the king, Seneschal of Toulouse and Bourbonnais,
Argent, a bend azure semé-de-lys or, a cottice gules.
Gaston de Bourbon, Lord of Bazian († 1555), son of preceding.
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, debruised by a cottice gules, overall a cottice traversed argent.
Henry of Bourbon († 1555), Viscount of Lavedan, Baron of Malause and Chaudes-Aigues, Lord of Miremont and Faybeton, and Favars.
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, debruised by a bendlet couped gules, overall a cottice traversed or.
House of Bourbon-Busset
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Name of Armiger and Blazon
The House of Bourbon-Busset was the eldest (but illegitimate) line of the House of Bourbon since the sixteenth century. Louis de Bourbon (1438–1482), prince-bishop of Liège, had a natural son, Peter, bastard of Bourbon, baron of Busset (1464–1530), also called the Grand Bastard of Liège , from whom descend this branch of the Bourbons, barons of Busset and Châlus, Bourbon-Busset .
For Father Anselm, the Bourbon-Busset bore Azure, semé-de-lys or, a cottice gules in bend, a chief argent, charged with a cross potent or, cantonned by four crosslets or.[40][41]
Generally the blazon attributed to the Bourbon-Busset is: Bourbon, in chief Jérusalem, which is azure, three fleurs-de-lys or (for France moderne) a bendlet couped gules (which is the brisure for Bourbon moderne), on chief argent a cross potent and counterpotent or (which is Jérusalem, brisure of Busset).[42]
At the death of the last Condé, the Bourbons of Busset became the only non-royal Bourbons, and assumed the plain arms: azure, three fleurs-de-lys or (for France moderne) a bendlet couped gules (which is the brisure for Bourbon moderne).[43]
House of Bourbon-Roussillon
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Name of Armiger and Blazon
Louis de Bourbon-Roussillon (1450 † 1487), Count of Roussillon and Ligny, legitimized son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, and his descendants:
Azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a bend sinister raguly gules.
per pale azure, semé-de-lys or and barry of eight gules and argent.[12]
Charles I Robert (1288 † 1342), King of Hungary, son of Charles Martel
per pale 1 barry of eight gules and argent; 2 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules.[45]
Louis I (1326 † 1382), King of Hungary and Poland, son of Charles I Robert
quarterly 1 per pale barry of eight gules and argent and azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules; 2 gules, an eagle argent, membered and crowned or; 3 gules, a patriarchal cross argent on a hill vert; 4 azure, three heads of leopards or.[45]
Andrew of Hungary (1327 † 1345), King of Naples, son of Charles I Robert, husband of Joan I of Naples
Tierced in pale 1 barry of eight gules and argent; 2 argent, a cross potent or; 3 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules,[45] then used by:
Charles III (1345 † 1386), King of Naples and Hungary, son of Louis de Gravina
Ladislas I (1372 † 1414), King of Naples, son of Charles III
Joan II (1373 † 1435), Queen of Naples, daughter of Charles III
Per pale 1 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules; 2 argent, a cross potent or, cantonned by four crosslets or a bordure argent.[46]
Philip I (1278 † 1332), prince of Tarente, son of Charles II
before 1313: azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules, a bend argent,[47] then used by:
Philip (1297 † 1330), son of the first marriage of Philip I
after 1313: per pale 1 azure, semé-de-lys or, a label gules, a bend argent; 2 gules, a cross or cantonned by four bezants, each charged with a cross and cantonned by four crosslets or,[47] then used by:
Robert of Taranto (1315 † 1364), son of the second marriage of Philip I
Chequy or and azure, a canton ermine and a bordure gules.[48]
The canton ermine was widely used by second sons to difference the paternal arms. The choice of ermine for Brittany may therefore have been fortuitous, with the canton becoming the whole coat under Duke John III.
Francis I of Avaugour, Count of Vertus and Goëllo, Baron of Avaugour (1462–1510), son of Francis II of Brittany.
Quarterly I and IV ermine, II and III grand-quarterly: 1 and 4 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, a label argent, 2 and 3 argent, a biscione azure crowned or devouring a child carnation; overall argent, a chief gules.
House of Courtenay
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Name of Armiger and Blazon
Peter I (1126 † 1183), Lord of Courtenay, son of Louis VI the Fat, King of France
Argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules charged with eleven three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure[53] then used by the kings of Portugal, who succeeded him, until John I of Portugal
Argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two escutcheons on the sides couched, each escutcheon charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules charged with twelve three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure and charged by four visible bits of a cross flory vert.[54]
Argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two escutcheons on the sides couched, each escutcheon charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules charged with twelve three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure and charged by four visible bits of a cross flory vert, debruised by a label of three points argent, each point charged with three ermine spots.[54]
John of Coimbra (1431–1457), Infante of Portugal and Prince of Antioch, son of preceding.
Quarterly, I argent, a cross potent or, cantonned by four crosslets or (for Jerusalem); II quarterly 1 and 4 argent five escutcheons azure in cross, the two escutcheons on the sides couched, each escutcheon charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules charged with twelve three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure and charged by four visible bits of a cross flory vert (for Portugal), 2 and 3 quarterly 1 and 4 azure, three fleurs-de-lys or (for France), 2 and 3 gules, three lion passants or, III or, a lion gules, armed, langued and crowned azure (for Armenia) and IV argent, a lion gules, armed, langued and crowned or (for Cyprus), overall barry of eight of argent and azur, a lion gules, armed, langued and crowned or (for Lusignan-Cyprus).[54]
James of Coimbra (1433–1469), Infante of Portugal, Bishop of Arras, Bishop of Paphos and Archbishop of Lisbon. Third son of Peter, Duke of Coimbra
Quarterly, I and IV argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two on the sides couched, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules, charged with twelve three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure, four fleurs-de-lys vert, debruised by a label argent, each point charged with three ermine spots (for Aviz-Coimbra), II and III or, four pallets gules (for Aragon).
argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two on the sides couched, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules, charged with twelve three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure, four fleurs-de-lys vert, debruised by a label azure, each point charged with three fleurs-de-lys or.[54]
argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two on the sides couched, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules, charged with twelve three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure, four fleurs-de-lys vert, debruised by a label or, each point charged with a flank dexter gules.[54]
argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two on the sides couched, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules, charged with eight three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure, two lions passant guardant or in chief, four fleurs-de-lys vert.[54]
During the War of the Castilian Succession, Afonso V proclaimed himself king of Léon and Castile (1475–1479) and quartered the arms of Portugal-Aviz and Castile-León.
Quarterly 1 and 4, argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two on the sides couched, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules, charged with twelve three-towered castles or, four visible bits of a cross flory vert; 2 and 3 grand-quarterly 1 and 4, gules, a castle or masoned and ajouré azure; 2 and 3 argent a lion purpure armed, langued and crowned or.
argent, five escutcheons azure in cross, the two on the sides couched, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules, charged with twelve three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure, four fleurs-de-lys vert, debruised by a label of two points argent, each point per saltire, or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable.[54]
Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto, second son of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
The Royal arms of Portugal differenced by a label of three points argent, the third charged with Gules, a Tower Argent
Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra, second son of Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza
The Royal arms of Portugal differenced by a label of three points argent, the second charged with the arms of Orléans and the third with the Imperial Arms of Brazil (alluding to the prince's mother, née Princess of Orléans e Bragança)
The Royal arms of Portugal differenced by a label of three points argent, the third charged with the Imperial Arms of Brazil (alluding to the prince's mother, née Princess of Orléans e Bragança)
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In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon (shield). That may be a geometric design or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object, building, or other device. In French blazon, the ordinaries are called pièces, and other charges are called meubles.
The House of Capet ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328. It was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty – itself a derivative dynasty from the Robertians.
Philip was a Spanish infante who reigned as Duke of Parma from 18 October 1748 until his death in 1765. He was born in Madrid as the second son of King Philip V and Queen Elisabeth. He became Duke of Parma as a result of the 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. The duchy had earlier been ruled by Philip's elder brother, the future Charles III of Spain, and by their maternal ancestors. Philip founded the House of Bourbon-Parma, a cadet line of the House of Bourbon. He was a first cousin and son-in-law of the French king Louis XV.
The rule of tincture is a design philosophy found in some heraldic traditions that states "metal should not be put on metal, nor colour on colour". Heraldic furs such as ermine and vair, and charges described as "proper", are generally exempt from the rule of tincture.
Philip I of Boulogne (1200–1235) was a French prince, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in his own right, and Count of Boulogne, Mortain, Aumale, and Dammartin-en-Goële jure uxoris.
The Bourbon-Busset family is a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, being thus agnatic descendants of the Capetian dynasty. Historically, they have been regarded as non-dynastic since decisions rendered by Louis XI of France.
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb to blazon means to create such a description. The visual depiction of a coat of arms or flag has traditionally had considerable latitude in design, but a verbal blazon specifies the essentially distinctive elements. A coat of arms or flag is therefore primarily defined not by a picture but rather by the wording of its blazon. Blazon is also the specialized language in which a blazon is written, and, as a verb, the act of writing such a description. Blazonry is the art, craft or practice of creating a blazon. The language employed in blazonry has its own vocabulary, grammar and syntax, which becomes essential for comprehension when blazoning a complex coat of arms.
The House of Ligne is one of the oldest Belgian noble families, dating back to the eleventh century. The family's name comes from the village of Ligne where it originated, between Ath and Tournai in what is now the Hainaut province of Belgium.
This page is a list of the lords of Chalon-Arlay and the principality of Orange. The lords of Chalons and Arlay were a cadet branch of the ruling house of the county of Burgundy, the Anscarids or House of Ivrea.
The House of Chalon-Arlay was a French noble house, a cadet branch of the House of Ivrea. The founder of the house is John I of Chalon-Arlay, fifth son of John, Count of Chalon. When John III lord of Arlay married to Mary de Baux, princess of Orange, the House acquired the principality of Orange.
The peerage of France consists of the great officers, direct vassals of the Crown of France, with the title peer of France. They represent the primitive constituents of elective monarchy, before the succession became hereditary in the House of Capet.
Jean de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and Enghien was a French prince du sang from the House of Bourbon-Vendome.
This page shows the coats of arms, heraldic achievements, and heraldic flags of the House of Nassau.
Below is a list which presents and describes of the coat of arms of the Nobility of the First French Empire in France between 1804 and 1814, and 1815.
↑ Palasi, Philippe (2001). Les jeux de cartes et jeux de l'oie héraldiques aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles[Heraldic card games and the Game of the Goose in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries]. Paris: Picard. p.142, fig. 72.
↑ Schimmelpenninck van der Oije, Coen O.A.; Wolleswinkel, Egbert; Van den Borne, Jos; Gietman, Conrad (2014). Hoge Raad van Adel 1814 - 2014[High Council of Nobility 1814 - 2014] (in Dutch). WBOOKS (Zwolle, The Netherlands). ISBN978-94-625-8000-8.
↑ The usual brisure for the Bourbons of Parma is a bordure gules charged with eight escallops argent[citation needed]
↑ La Chesnaye-Desbois et Badier, "Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de France, l'explication de leur armes, & l'état des grandes terres du royaume" éd. Duchesne, 1771.
↑ Anselme, Père; de Courcy, Potier, Histoire généalogique de la maison royale de la France et des grands officiers de la couronne[Genealogical history of the royal house of France and the great officers of the crown] (in French), vol.9, p.42
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French translation of Louda, Jiri; Maclagan, Michael (1981). Lines of succession: heraldry of the royal families of Europe. London: Orbis. ISBN9780856132766.
Julien, Amédée (1848). Les Princes militaires de la maison de France[The military Princes of the House of France] (in French). Mégariotis reprints – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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French translation of Neubecker, Ottfried (1976). Heraldry: sources, symbols, and meaning. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN9780070463080.
Pinoteau, Hervé (1982). "Les armes des reines de France" [The arms of the French royalty]. 25 ans d'études dynastiques[Twenty-five years of dynastic studies] (in French). Editions Christian. pp.43–57. ISBN2-86496-010-9.
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