Armorial of the House of Lusignan

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The coats of arms, flags, and badges of the House of Lusignan, royal family in the Levant during the Crusades.

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First House of Lusignan

Including attributed arms.

French Nobility

BlazonPeriodDescription
Arms of the Lords of Lusignan.svg
885–1192Lords of Lusignan

Barry of ten argent and azure

Motto: Pour loyauté maintenir "To maintain loyalty" [1]

Coat of Arms of the House of Lusignan (Kings of Cyprus).svg
1192–1393Lords of Lusignan, Counts of La Marche, and Angoulême

Barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion gules armed langued and crowned with gold stitching on the whole.

Blason Hugues XI de Lusignan.svg
1221–1250Personal Arms of Hugh XI [2]

Barry silver and azure, charged with six cubs reds brochants, posed three, two and one.

Coat of Arms of Hugh XII of Lusignan.svg
1250–1270Personal Arms of Hugh XII

Barry silver and azure, charged with six cubs gold brochants, posed three, two and one.

Coat of Arms of Geoffrey III of Lusignan (1246 Seal).svg
Coat of Arms of Geoffrey III of Lusignan.svg
?-1274Personal Arms of Geoffroy I of Lusignan (Jarnac) (c. 1223/24-b. 1274), lord of Jarnac, Château-Larcher and Châteauneuf

1. Barry silver and azure, charged with a lion rampant-brochant gules, debruised by a four-point label gules (according to his 1246 seal).

2. Barry silver and azure, charged with a lion rampant-brochant gules (according to his 1248 and 1269 seals).

Cognac

BlazonPeriodDescription
Coat of Arms of the Lord of Cognac (House of Lusignan).svg
12th-13th CenturyLords of Cognac

Barry silver and azure eight parts, the label Gules.

Lezay

BlazonPeriodDescription
Arms of the Lords of Lezay.svg
12th-13th CenturyLords of Lezay

Barry silver and azure, nine martlets in orle gules surmounted to fair canton gules .

Vouvant

BlazonPeriodDescription
Coat of Arms of Geoffrey I and II of Lusignan, Lords of Vouvant.svg
12th-13th CenturyGeoffroy I and II of Lusignan (Vouvant), lords of Vouvant and Mervent

Barry of ten argent and azure a lion counter-rampant gules.

Motto: QVI PLVS MORTIS CONPTEMTOR QVAM LEO FORTIS "Who fears death less than lion's strength." [3]

Issoudun

BlazonPeriodDescription
Coat of Arms of the Count of Eu (House of Lusignan).svg
13th CenturyCounts of Eu and Lords of Issoudun

Raoul Ier, first lord of Issoudun and count of Eu, was the younger brother of Hugh IX of Lusignan. Barry of ten argent and azure a label of three points gules

Rochefoucauld

BlazonPeriodDescription
Coat of Arms of the House of La Rochefoucauld.svg
10th-12th CenturyLords of Rochefoucauld

Barry of ten argent and azure three chevrons that in chief couped gules

Motto: C'est mon plaisir "It was my pleasure" [4] [5]

Parthenay

BlazonPeriodDescription
Arms of the Lords of Parthenay-l'Archeveque.svg
11th-15th CenturyLords of Parthenay and Retz

Barry of ten argent and azure a bend gules

English Nobility

Valence

BlazonPeriodDescription
Coat of Arms of William de Valence.svg
1225–1247Guillaume de Lusignan

Personal arms of Guillaume de Lusignan, uterine half brother of King Henry III

Barry of ten argent and azure a label of five points gules on each point three lions. Supported with a wyvern on each side. [6]

Coat of Arms of William de Valence as Earl of Pembroke.svg
1247–1324Lords of Valencia, Earls of Pembroke and Wexford

Guillaume de Lusignan, known as William de Valence, moved with his brothers and sister to England the request of their half brother King Henry III. Henry made William the Earl of Pembroke.

Barry of ten Argent and Azure an orle of martlets Gules

Hastings

BlazonPeriodDescription
Arms of the Hastings Earls of Pembroke.svg
1313–1389Earls of Pembroke

Quarterly, 1 and 4, or, a maunch gules (for Hastings); 2 and 3, barruly argent and azure, an orle of martlets (for Valence)

Jerusalem Royal Family

BlazonPeriodDescription
Arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.svg Coat of Arms of Guy de Lusignan.svg 1159–1268Kings of Jerusalem

Personal arms of Guy de Lusignan, then used as the arms of the Lusignan Kings of Jerusalem after his death until 1268. [3]

Quarterly, 1 and 4 in blue with the silver cross and 2 and 3 barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion rampant, armed, langued and crowned with gold stitching on the whole.

Coat of Arms of Hugh of Lusignan (1335-1385).svg
1335–1385Prince of Galilee

Quarterly, 1 and 4 in silver, a cross of gold, between four crosses of the same and 2 and 3 barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion gules armed langued and crowned with gold stitching on the whole.

Royal Family of Jerusalem and Cyprus

BlazonPeriodDescription
Coat of Arms of the House of Lusignan (Kings of Cyprus).svg
1194–1268Kings of Cyprus

The kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus split following the death of Guy until they were reunited in 1268 by King Hugh III of Cyprus.

Barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion gules armed langued and crowned with gold stitching on the whole.

Coat of Arms of the House of Lusignan (Kings of Cyprus and Jerusalem).svg
1268–1393Kings of Cyprus and Jerusalem

Quarterly, 1 and 4 in silver, a cross of gold, between four crosses of the same and 2 and 3 barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion gules armed langued and crowned with gold stitching on the whole.

Arms of Marie of Lusignan, Queen of Aragon.svg
1314–1319 Queen of Aragon

Second House of Lusignan

Royal Family of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia

BlazonPeriodDescription
Coat of Arms of the House of Lusignan (Kings of Armenia).svg
1342–1382Kings of Armenia

Advantage of both, 1 gold lion rampant, armed, langued and crowned azure, 2 silver, a cross of gold, between four crosses of the same and 3 barry money and azure eight rooms, a lion rampant, armed, langued and crowned with gold stitching on the whole.

Motto: Pour loyauté maintenir "To maintain loyalty" [7]

Coat of Arms of the House of Lusignan (Kings of Armenia, Cyprus and Jerusalem).svg
1393–Kings of Armenia, Cyprus, and Jerusalem.

Quartered, 1 in silver, a cross of gold, between four crosses of the same, 2 barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion rampant, armed, langued and crowned with gold , stitching on the whole, 3 gold lion rampant, armed, langued and crowned azure and 4 silver lion rampant, armed, langued and crowned with gold.

Motto: Pour loyauté maintenir "To maintain loyalty"

Flags

FlagPeriodDescription
13th Century Lusignan Flag Kyrenia Cyprus.gif
12th-14th CenturiesFlag of Lusignan Kings of Cyprus [8] [9]

Flag from Kyrenia Castle. The fleur-de-lis symbolised the Lusignan's French ancestry and the cross symbolized Jerusalem and the Holy Sepulchre.

FlagPeriodDescription
14th Century Armenian Dynasty Lusignan Flag.png
14th CenturyFlag of Lusignan Kings of Armenia

Symbols

Roses, lions, dragons and mermaids were Lusignan symbols and heraldic elements. [10]

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