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Armorial of the Capetian dynasty

Armorial of the Capetian dynasty

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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.

Today, many coat of arms of places in France are derived from the royal arms of the French king.

French royal family

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Crowns of the princes of the blood

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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.

Bordure gules
(House of Valois, later borne by the House of Valois-Anjou)
Bend gules
(House of Bourbon)
Bend compony argent and gules
(House of Evreux)
Label compony argent and gules
Bordure compony argent and gules
(House of Valois-Burgundy)

France Modern

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.

Baton couped gules
(Princes of Condé)
Label argent
(Dukes of Orleans)
Bordure gules
(Dukes of Anjou)

Cadet Branches of the direct Capetians

Arms of branches founded before Philip Augustus
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House of Valois

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Valois House of Orléans

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Valois House of Anjou

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Valois House of Burgundy

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Illegitimate descendants of Philip the Good

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House of Valois-Alençon

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House of Évreux

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House of Bourbon

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House of Bourbon-La Marche

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House of Bourbon-Vendôme

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Royal House of Bourbon

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Spanish House of Bourbon
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House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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House of Bourbon-Parma
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House of Bourbon-Parma-Luxembourg

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Jean de Luxembourg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964–2000), son of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma

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).

Henri de Luxembourg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000), son of preceding,

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]

Bourbon House of Orléans
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House of Orléans-Braganza
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House of Bourbon-Condé

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House of Bourbon-Carency

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House of Bourbon-Préaux

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Illegitimate branches

House of Bourbon-Lavedan

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House of Bourbon-Busset

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House of Bourbon-Roussillon

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House of Artois

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House of Anjou-Sicily

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House of Dreux

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House of Dreux-Beu

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House of Dreux-Brittany

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House of Dreux-Brittany-Machecoul

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Avaugour branch, Counts of Goëllo

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House of Courtenay

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House of Vermandois

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House of Burgundy

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House of Burgundy-Portugal

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References

  1. "Banque du Blason : Vexin". Retrieved 21 August 2014.[permanent dead link].
  2. Pinoteau 1982, pp. 43–57
  3. "Statuts, Ordonnances et Armorial de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or (Statutes, Ordonnances and armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece)" (illuminated manuscript) (in English and Dutch). c. 1400s. KB 76 E 10, reverse of folio 65 [Ms 76 E 10, f°65r]. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. Le grand armorial équestre Ordre de la Toison d'or. Manuscript Bibliothèque nationale de France Arsenal 4790.
  5. 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.
  6. title granted on 10 June 1820 by Louis XVIII
  7. Letter from the secretariat of the Bourbon House Institute
  8. "Constitution, Index". st-lazarus.net (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 August 2010.
  9. (Neubecker 1982, pp. 232–3)
  10. Armoiries de la reine Marie-Louise de Bourbon-Parme [Coat of arms of Queen Marie-Louise of Bourbon-Parma] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  11. 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). ISBN 978-94-625-8000-8.
  12. The usual brisure for the Bourbons of Parma is a bordure gules charged with eight escallops argent[citation needed]
  13. report on his induction into Point-de-Vue
  14. Armorial du Bourbonnais
  15. 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.
  16. Rietstap, Johannes (1961). "Armorial de JB RIETSTAP". (HTML version of Rietstap, Johannes (1884). Armorial Général (in French). Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen.)
  17. 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
  18. "Blason : De Bourbon-Busset". Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  19. Marriage announcement of Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset and Xavier de Bourbon-Parme (1927)
  20. Brisures de la maison de Dreux (Neubecker 1976, p. 101)
  21. "Early Blazon : Bretagne". Archived from the original on 8 June 2008.; "Les origines des armoiries d'Olivier de Machecoul". www.tudchentil.org (in French).
  22. Brisures de la première maison de Bourgogne (Neubecker 1976, p. 101)

Bibliography

  • Louda, Jiri; Maclagan, Michael (1993) [1981]. Les Dynasties d'Europe (in French). Translated by Harmignies, Roger. Bordas. ISBN 2-04-027013-2.
    • French translation of Louda, Jiri; Maclagan, Michael (1981). Lines of succession: heraldry of the royal families of Europe. London: Orbis. ISBN 9780856132766.
  • 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.
  • Neubecker, Ottfried (1982) [1976]. Le Grand livre de l'héraldique (in French). Translated by Harmignies, Roger. Bordas. ISBN 2-04-012582-5.
    • French translation of Neubecker, Ottfried (1976). Heraldry: sources, symbols, and meaning. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780070463080.
  • 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. ISBN 2-86496-010-9.

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