International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences

International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences
Frequency	biennial
Inaugurated	1929
Most recent	2024
Next event	2026
Sponsor	International Academy of Genealogy & Heraldry
Website	www.americanancestors.org

The International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences is a biennial conference for topics of heraldic and genealogical interest. The Congress convenes scholars and other interested persons from Europe and throughout the world.

The first Congress was held at Barcelona in 1929; at the second Congress, held in 1953, it was decided that future meetings would be held every two years (there being two exceptions).

The 22nd Congress at Ottawa in 1996 was memorable '"for the first time beyond the birthplace of modern scientific studies in genealogy and heraldry"' ^[1] with HE the Rt Hon. Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada and his wife Dr Diana Fowler LeBlanc as patrons. The 2006 Congress at St Andrews, had HRH the Princess Royal as its patron, and HE the Rt Hon. Michaëlle Jean was patron of the 2008 Congress at Quebec City.

The main themes of the Congresses have changed greatly over the years, and some disciplines have ceased to form any part of the Congress' study. Abandoned subjects include sphragistics and iconography, which were dealt with at Paris, and vexillology, which was to have been one of the themes at Congresses after Bern. Genetics, which had been a subject of discussion at Stockholm in 1960, did not reappear until the Ottawa Congress of 1996. Chivalric orders were another discarded subject, despite featuring in the Congresses held at Rome/Naples, Madrid, Stockholm and Edinburgh, as well as in a few papers presented at Madrid in 1982. ^[2]

List of Congresses

The Congress rotates being hosted in different countries: ^{[2] [3]}

Nr	City	Year	Dates	Patron	Theme
I	Barcelona	1929		HM King Alfonso XIII of Spain
II	Rome/Naples	1953	23-25 September	Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
III	Madrid	1955	6-11 October	Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
IV	Brussels	1958		HM King Baudouin of the Belgians
V	Stockholm	1960	21-28 August [4]	HRH Prince Bertil of Sweden
VI	Edinburgh	1962	8-14 September [4]	HRH the Duke of Edinburgh
VII	The Hague	1964	20-26 June	HM Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
VIII	Paris	1966		President Charles de Gaulle
IX	Bern	1968	30 June-6 July	King Umberto II of Italy
X	Vienna	1970		Prince Karl von Schwarzenberg
XI	Liège	1972	29 May-3 June	HM King Baudouin of the Belgians
XII	Munich	1974		Prince Ernst August of Lippe
XIII	London	1976		HRH Princess Anne
XIV	Copenhagen	1980	25-29 August [5]	HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
XV	Madrid	1982	19-25 September	HM King Juan Carlos of Spain
XVI	Helsinki	1984	16-21 August	Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich
XVII	Lisbon	1986	7-13 September	Duke Duarte Pio of Braganza
XVIII	Innsbruck	1988	5-9 September	Archduke Otto von Habsburg
XIX	Keszthely	1990	2-6 October	Archduke Andreas Salvator of Austria
XX	Uppsala	1992	9-13 August	HM King Carl Gustaf of Sweden
XXI	Luxembourg	1994	28 August-3 September	HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg
XXII	Ottawa	1996	18-23 August	HE the Rt Hon. Roméo LeBlanc & Dr Diana Fowler-LeBlanc	Families and Symbols Transcending Frontiers [6]
XXIII	Turin	1998	21-26 September	HE Dott. Ugo Barzini
XXIV	Besançon	2000	2-7 May	Henri Count of Paris
XXV	Dublin	2002	16-21 September [7]	Professor Mary McAleese	Genealogy and Heraldry: Their Place and Practice in Changing Times [8]
XXVI	Bruges	2004	6-11 September	HM King Albert II of the Belgians
XXVII	St Andrews	2006	21-26 August	HRH the Princess Royal	Myth and propaganda in heraldry and genealogy [9]
XXVIII	Quebec	2008	23-27 June [10]	HE the Rt Hon. Michaëlle Jean	The Meeting of Two Worlds, Quest or Conquest [11]
XXIX	Stuttgart	2010	12-17 September [12]	Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen	Identity in Genealogy and Heraldry [13]
XXX	Maastricht	2012	24-28 September	HRH Prince Willem-Alexander	Frontiers in Genealogy and Heraldry [14]
XXXI	Oslo	2014	13-17 August	HM King Harald V of Norway	Influence on Genealogy and Heraldry of Major Events in the History of a Nation [15] [16] [17]
XXXII	Glasgow	2016	10-14 August	Dr Joseph Morrow, Lord Lyon	Origins and Evolution [18]
XXXIII	Arras	2018	2-5 October	HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco	Genealogy and Heraldry, between War and Peace
XXXIV	Madrid	2020 [19]	20-23 October	HM King Felipe VI of Spain
XXXV	Cambridge	2022	15-19 August	HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex	Reformation, Revolution, Restoration [20]
XXXVI	Boston	2024	24-28 September	Baron Brim-DeForest of Balvaird	Origins, Journeys, Destinations [21]
XXXVII	San Marino	2026	6-10 October	HE Captain Regent of San Marino

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