Armorial of the Holy Roman Empire

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[edit] Holy Roman Empire

Image:Charles VII Arms-imperial.svg
Imperial arms of Charles VII, who was Arch-Steward at the same time he was Emperor
Image:Brandenburg-chamberlain.svg
Arms of Brandenburg with an inescutcheon of the Arch-Chamberlain

Starting with Albert II, the arms of the Emperor were borne with an inescutcheon of the emperor's personal arms on the torso of the eagle. Prior, the Emperors would have both a personal and an imperial coat of arms. The arms of the High Offices of the Empire were borne as an augmentation to the office-holder's personal arms.

Arms Office/Blazon
Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-double head.svg Holy Roman Emperor
Image:Arch Chamberlain Arms-single.svg Image:Arch Chamberlain Arms.svg Arch-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Empire
Image:Arch Steward Arms.svg Arch-Steward of the Holy Roman Empire

Gules, an orb Or.[1]

Image:Arch Treasurer Arms.svg Arch-Treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire

Gules, the crown of Charlemagne proper.[1]

Image:Arch-Marshal Arms.svg Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire

Per fess sable and argent, two swords in saltire gules.[1]

[edit] Electors

Arms Electorate/Blazon
Image:Bavaria Arms.svg Bavaria

Fusilly bendwise argent and azure.[1]

Image:Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg Bohemia

Gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or.[2]

Image:Brandenburg Arms.svg Brandenburg

Argent an eagle displayed gules crowned Or.[1]

Image:Teutonic Knights Arms.svg Cologne

Argent a cross sable.[3]

Image:Brunswick-Lüneburg Arms.svg Brunswick-Lüneburg

Per pale, I Gules two lions passant guardant Or (for Brunswick), II Or a semy of hearts Gules a lion rampant Azure (for Lüneburg).

Image:Mainz Arms.svg Mainz

Gules, a wheel with six spokes argent.[4][3]

Image:Old Palatinate Arms.svg Image:Palatinate Arms.svg Electoral Palatinate
  • Before 1214: Sable a lion rampant Or crowned gules.[1]
  • After 1214: Quarterly, I and IV fusilly bendwise argent and azure (for Bavaria); II and III sable a lion rampant Or, armed, langued, and crowned gules.[5]
Image:Coat of arms of Saxony.svg Saxony

Barry sable and Or, a crancelin vert.[1]

Image:Trier Arms.svg Trier

Argent a cross gules.[3]

[edit] Other states

[edit] Austrian Circle

Arms Location/Blazon
Image:Dukes of Austria Arms.svg Austria

Gules a fess argent.[1]

Image:Carinthia Arms.svg Carinthia

Or three lions passant sable armed and langued gules impaling gules a fess argent.

Image:Carniola Arms.svg Carniola

Argent an eagle displayed azure, armed, beaked, and langued gules, charged with a crescent chequy gules and Or.

Image:Friuli Arms.svg Friuli

Azure an eagle displayed Or.

Image:Steiermark Wappen.svg Styria

Vert, a panther rampant argent incensed proper.[1]

Image:Tyrol Arms.svg Tyrol

Argent an eagle displayed gules, armed, beaked, and langued Or.

[edit] Bavarian Circle

Arms Location/Blazon
Image:Wappen Regensburg.svg Regensburg

Gules, two keys in saltire argent.

[edit] Burgundian Circle

Arms Location/Blazon
Image:Blason Bourgogne-comté ancien(aigle).svg Image:Blason comte fr Bourgogne.svg County of Burgundy
  • Before 1280: Gules an eagle displayed argent.
  • After 1280: Azure billetty Or a lion rampant of the same, armed and langued gules.
Image:Coat of arms of Brabant.svg Image:Brabant-Limburg Arms.svg
Image:Burgundy-Brabant Arms.svg 		Brabant
  • Before 1288: Sable a lion rampant Or, armed and langued gules.
  • From 1288 to 1406: Quarterly, I and IV sable a lion rampant Or, armed and langued gules; II and III argent a lion rampant gules, queue fourchée, armed and langued Or.
  • From 1406 to 1430: Quarterly, I and IV azure three fleur-de-lis Or, a bordure compony argent and gules; II sable a lion rampant Or, armed and langued gules; III argent a lion rampant gules, queue fourchée, armed and langued Or.
Image:Blason Nord-Pas-De-Calais.svg Flanders

Or a lion rampant sable.[1]

Image:Blason ville fr Avanne-Aveney (Doubs).svg Image:Blason comte fr Gueldre.svg
Image:Armoiries Gueldre.svg Image:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg 		Guelders
  • From 1236 to 1276: Azure billetty Or a lion rampant of the same.
  • From 1276 to 1378: Azure a lion rampant Or, armed, langued, and crowned gules.
  • After 1378: Azure a lion sinister rampant Or, armed, langued, and crowned gules, impaling Or a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules.
Image:Blason fr Hainaut ancien.svg Image:Hainaut Modern Arms.svg
Image:Hainaut-Bavaria Arms.svg 		Hainaut
  • From 1299 to 1254: Quarterly, I and IV Or a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules; II and III Or a lion rampant gules, armed and langued azure.
  • From 1254 to 1433: Quarterly, I and IV fusilly bendwise argent and azure; II and III grand-quarterly I and IV Or a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules; II and III Or a lion rampant gules, armed and langued azure.
Image:Counts of Holland Arms.svg Holland

Or a lion rampant gules, armed and langued azure.

Image:Limburg Old Arms.svg Image:Limburg New Arms.svg Limburg
  • Before 1214: Argent a lion rampant gules, armed and langued Or.
  • After 1214: Argent a lion rampant gules, queue fourchée, armed, langued, and crowned Or.
Image:Loon Arms.svg Image:Chiny Arms.svg
Image:Loon-Chiny Arms.svg Image:Loon-Chiny-Heinsberg Arms.svg
Image:Loon-Chiny-Montferrat Arms.svg 		Loon and Chiny
  • Counts of Loon: Barry of ten, Or and gules.
  • Counts of Chiny: Gules crusily fitchy, two barbels haurient addorsed Or.
  • Counts of Loon and Chiny: Barry of ten Or and gules, impaling gules crusily fitchy, two barbels haurient addorsed Or.
  • Counts of Loon and Chiny of the Heinsberg dynasty: Quarterly, I and IV gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire; II and III barry of ten Or and gules impaling gules crusily fitchy two barbels haurient addorsed Or.
  • Counts of Loon and Chiny of the Montferrat-Oreye dynasty: Quarterly, I and IV argent a lion rampant sable; II and III barry of ten Or and gules impaling gules crusily fitchy two barbels haurient addorsed Or.
Image:Luxembourg Old Arms.svg Image:Luxembourg New Arms.svg Luxembourg
  • Before 1348: Barry of ten argent and azure, a lion rampant queue fourchée gules, armed, langued, and crowned Or.[1]
  • After 1348: Barry of ten argent and azure, a lion rampant queue fourchée crossed in saltire gules, armed, langued, and crowned Or.

Main article: Coat of arms of Luxembourg

Image:Namur Arms.svg Namur

Or, a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules, a bend overall of the same.

[edit] Franconian Circle

Arms Location

[edit] Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle

Arms Location/Blazon
Image:Cleves Arms.svg Image:Mark-Cleves Arms.svg Cleves
  • Cleves dynasty: Gules, an escutcheon argent, overall an escarbuncle Or.[1]
  • Mark dynasty: Quarterly, I and IV gules an escutcheon argent, overall an escarbuncle Or; II and III Or a fess chequy argent and gules.
Image:Berg Arms.svg Berg

Argent a lion rampant gules, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or.

Image:Blason Nord-Pas-De-Calais.svg Jülich

Or a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules.

Image:Bishopric of Liège.png Liège
Image:Counts of Mark Arms.svg Image:Mark-Cleves Arms.svg Mark
  • Counts of Mark: Or a fess chequy argent and gules.
  • Counts of Cleves and Mark: Quarterly, I and IV gules an escutcheon argent, overall an escarbuncle Or; II and III Or a fess chequy argent and gules.
Image:Ravensberg Arms.svg Ravensberg

Or three chevronels gules.

[edit] Upper Rhenish Circle

Arms Location/Blazon
Image:Coat of arms of Hesse.svg Hesse

Azure a lion rampant barry argent and gules.

Image:Blason Lorraine.svg Image:Lorraine Arms 1430.svg
Image:Lorraine Arms 1473.svg Image:Lorraine Arms 1538.svg 		Lorraine
  • Before 1430: Or a bend gules three alerions displayed argent.[1]
  • From 1430 to 1473: Quarterly of six, I barry of eight gules and argent (for Hungary); II azure semy-de-lis Or a label gules (for Naples); III argent a cross potent and four crosslets Or (for Jerusalem); IV azure semy-de-lis Or a bordure gules (for the House of Valois-Anjou); V azure crusilly fitchy, two barbels haurient addorsed Or (for Bar); VI Or a bend gules three alerions argent (for Lorraine); overall an inescutcheon Or four pallets gules (for Aragon).
  • From 1473 to 1508: Quarterly, I barry of eight gules and argent impaling azure semy-de-lis Or a label gules; II argent a cross potent and four crosslets Or impaling Or four pallets gules; III azure semy-de-lis Or a bordure gules; IV azure crusilly fitchy, two barbels haurient addorsed Or; overall an inescutcheon Or a bend gules three alerions argent.
  • From 1538 to 1737: Quarterly, I barry of eight gules and argent impaling azure semy-de-lis Or a label gules; II argent a cross potent and four crosslets Or impaling Or four pallets gules; III azure semy-de-lis Or a bordure gules impaling azure a lion sinister rampant Or, armed, langued, and crowned gules (for Guelders); IV Or a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules (for Jülich) impaling azure crusilly fitchy, two barbels haurient addorsed Or; overall an inescutcheon Or a bend gules three alerions argent.
Image:Blason comte fr Savoie.svg Savoy

Gules a cross argent.[1]

Image:Vaudemont Arms.svg Image:Blason Joinville 52.png
Image:Armoiries Comtes Lorraine-Vaudémont.png 		Vaudémont
  • Before 1346: Barry of ten, argent and sable.
  • From 1346 to 1386
  • From 1386 to 1473: Or, on a bend gules three alerions argent, overall a label azure.

[edit] Electoral Rhenish Circle

Arms Location

[edit] Lower Saxon Circle

Arms Location
Image:Holstein Arms.svg Holstein

Gules, a nesselblatt argent.[1]

[edit] Upper Saxon Circle

Arms Location/Blazon

[edit] Swabian Circle

Arms Location/Blazon
Image:Augsburg wappen.svg Augsburg
Image:Coat of arms of Baden.svg Baden

Or a bend gules.[1]

Image:Arms Fugger.png Fugger

Per pale Or and azure, two fleur-de-lis counterchanged.

Image:Salem Baden Wappen.png Salem Abbey
Image:Teck Arms.svg Teck

Fusilly bendwise sinister sable and Or.

[edit] Bohemia

Arms Location/Blazon
Image:Moravia.svg Moravia

Azure an eagle displayed chequy argent and gules, crowned Or.[1]

Image:Goerlitz Arms.svg Görlitz

Per fess, chief gules a lion rampant argent, armed, langued, and crowned Or; base argent.

Image:Armoiries Basse-Lusace.png Image:Upper Lusatia Arms.svg Lusatia
  • Lower Lusatia: Argent, a bull rampant gules.
  • Upper Lusatia: Per fess embattled, azure and Or.

[edit] Other

Arms Location/Blazon
Image:Blason ville fr La Roche-sur-Foron (Haute-Savoie).svg Geneva

Or a cross quarter-pierced azure.

Image:Nice Arms.svg Nice

Argent, an eagle displayed crowned gules standing upon three rocks sable issuing from the sea azure issuing from the base.

Image:Aragon Arms.svgImage:Blason comte fr Anjou.svg Provence
  • Before 1245: Or four pallets gules.
  • After 1245: Azure semy-de-lis Or, a label gules.
Image:Wappen Preußen.png Prussia

Argent, an eagle displayed sable crowned Or.[1]

Main article: Coat of arms of Prussia

Image:Teutonic Knights Arms.svg Image:Teutonic GM Arms.svg Teutonic Knights
  • Argent, a cross sable.
  • Grand Master: Argent, on a cross sable a cross floretty Or and overall on an inescutcheon Or an eagle displayed sable.[1]
Image:Dauphin of Viennois Arms.svg Viennois

Or, a dolphin haurient azure finned gules.[1]

[edit] Sovereigns

Personal arms Imperial arms Name/Blazon of personal arms
Image:Hohenstaufen family arms.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg Hohenstaufen
  • 1138-1152 : Conrad III (1093 † 1152)
  • 1152-1190 : Frederick I (1123 † 1190), crowned in 1155
  • 1190-1197 : Henry VI (1165 † 1197), crowned in 1191

Or, three lions passant in pale sable.[1]

Image:Blason duche fr Normandie.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg

Gules, two lions passant guardant Or.[1]

Image:Hohenstaufen family arms.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg

Or, three lions passant in pale sable.[1]

Image:Counts of Habsburg Arms.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg

Or, a lion rampant gules, armed, langued, and crowned azure.

Image:Nassau Arms.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg

Azure, billetty a lion rampant with a closed crown Or, armed and langued gules.

Image:Dukes of Austria Arms.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg

Gules a fess argent.[1]

Image:Luxembourg Old Arms.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg

Barry of ten argent and azure, a lion rampant gules, queue fourchée, crowned Or.[1]

Image:Bavaria Arms.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg

Fusilly bendwise argent and azure.[1]

Image:Small coat of arms of the Czech Republic.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg

Gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or.

Image:Palatinate Arms.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg

Quarterly, I and IV fusilly bendwise argent and azure (for Bavaria); II and III sable a lion rampant Or, armed, langued, and crowned gules (for the Electoral Palatinate).

Image:Sigismund Arms.svg Image:Holy Roman Empire Arms-single head.svg

Quarterly, I and IV gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Bohemia); II and III barry of eight, gules and argent (for Hungary).

Image:Dukes of Austria Arms.svg Image:Emperor Albert I Arms.svg

Gules a fess argent.

Image:Dukes of Austria Arms.svg Image:Emperor Frederick III Arms.svg

Gules a fess argent.

Image:Austria-Burgundy Arms.svg Image:Maximilian I Arms.svg

Per pale, dexter gules a fess argent (for Austria); sinister bendy of six Or and azure, a bordure gules (for the French Duchy of Burgundy).

Image:Charles V Escutcheon.svg Image:Charles V Arms-imperial.svg
Main article: Coat of arms of Charles I of Spain

Quarterly: I and IV grand-quarterly i and iv great-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), ii per pale, dexter per fess, in chief Or four pallets gules (for Aragon), in base gules a cross, saltire, and orle of chains linked together Or and a centre point vert (for Navarre), sinister argent a cross potent and four crosslets Or (for Jerusalem) impaling barry of eight gules and argent (for Hungary), iii per pale, dexter per fess, in chief Or four pallets gules (for Aragon), in base gules a cross, saltire, and orle of chains linked together Or and a centre point vert (for Navarre), sinister per saltire, 1 and 4 Or four pallets gules, 2 and 3 argent an eagle displayed sable (for Sicily); II and III grand-quarterly, i gules a fess argent (for Austria), ii azure semy-de-lis Or a bordure compony argent and gules (new Burgundy), iii bendy of six Or and azure a bordure gules (old Burgundy), iv sable a lion rampant Or langued and armed gules (for Brabant), overall at the fess point of the quarter an inescutcheon Or a lion rampant sable armed and langued gules (for Flanders) impaling argent an eagle displayed gules, armed, beaked, and langued Or (for Tyrol); enté en point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada).

Image:Ferdinand I Arms-personal.svg Image:Ferdinand I Arms-imperial.svg

Quarterly, I and IV gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Bohemia); II and III barry of eight, gules and argent (for Hungary); overall and inescutcheon per pale, dexter gules a fess argent (for Austria), sinister bendy of six Or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy).

Image:Rudolf II Arms-personal.svg Image:Rudolf II Arms-imperial.svg

Quarterly, I gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Bohemia); II barry of eight, gules and argent (for Hungary); III per pale, dexter gules a fess argent (for Austria), sinister bendy of six Or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); IV grand-quarterly i and iv gules a three-towered castle Or (for Castile), ii and iii argent a lion rampant purpure armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Leon).

Image:Ferdinand III Arms-personal.svg Image:Ferdinand III Arms-imperial.svg

Quarterly, I gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Bohemia); II barry of eight, gules and argent (for Hungary); III grand-quarterly, i and iv gules a three-towered castle Or (for Castile), ii and iii argent a lion rampant purpure armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Leon); IV per pale, dexter bendy of six Or and azure a bordure gules (for Burgundy), sinister per fess, chief argent an eagle displayed gules armed, langued, and beaked Or (for Tyrol), and base Or a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules (for Flanders); overall an inescutcheon gules a fess argent (for Austria).

Image:Leopold I Arms-personal.svg Image:Leopold I Arms-imperial.svg

Quarterly, I barry of eight, gules and argent (for Hungary); II gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Bohemia); III per pale, dexter gules a fess argent (for Austria), sinister bendy of six Or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); IV grand-quarterly i and iv gules a three-towered castle Or (for Castile), ii and iii argent a lion rampant purpure armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Leon).

Image:Ferdinand I Arms-personal.svg Image:Ferdinand I Arms-imperial.svg

Quarterly, I and IV gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Bohemia); II and III barry of eight, gules and argent (for Hungary); overall and inescutcheon per pale, dexter gules a fess argent (for Austria), sinister bendy of six Or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy).

Image:Charles VI Arms-personal.svg Image:Charles VI Arms-imperial.svg

Quarterly, I gules a three-towered castle Or (for Castile); II barry of eight, gules and argent (for Hungary); III per pale, dexter Or four pallets gules (for Aragon), sinister per saltire i and iv Or four pallets gules, ii and iii argent an eagle displayed sable (for Sicily); IV per pale, dexter gules a fess argent (for Austria), sinister bendy of six Or and azure a bordure gules (for Burgundy); overall an inescutcheon gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Bohemia).

Image:Charles VII Arms-personal.svg Image:Charles VII Arms-imperial.svg

Quarterly, I and IV fusilly bendwise argent and azure (for Bavaria); II and III sable a lion rampant Or, armed, langued, and crowned gules (for the Electoral Palatinate); overall an inescutcheon gules an orb Or (for Arch-Steward of the Holy Roman Empire).

Image:Francis I Arms-personal.svg Image:Francis I Arms-imperial.svg

Quarterly, I barry of eight gules and argent (for Hungary) impaling azure semy-de-lis Or a label gules (for Naples); II argent a cross potent and four crosslets Or (for Jerusalem) impaling Or four pallets gules (for Aragon); III azure semy-de-lis Or a bordure gules (for the House of Valois-Anjou) impaling azure a lion sinister rampant Or, armed, langued, and crowned gules (for Guelders); IV Or a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules (for Jülich) impaling azure crusilly fitchy, two barbels haurient addorsed Or (for Bar); overall an inescutcheon Or a bend gules three alerions argent (for Lorraine) impaling Or, in annulo six torteaux, the torteau in chief replaced by a roundel azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis Or[1] (for the Medici family).

Image:Joseph II Arms-personal.svg Image:Joseph II Arms-imperial.svg

Quarterly, I barry of eight, gules and argent, impaling gules a patriarchal cross argent on a trimount vert (for Hungary); II gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Bohemia); III bendy of six Or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); IV Or, in annulo six torteaux, the torteau in chief replaced by a roundel azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis Or[1] (for the Medici family); overall and inescutcheon gules a fess argent (for Austria) impaling Or a bend gules three alerions argent (for Lorraine).

Image:Leopold II Arms-personal.svg Image:Leopold II Arms-imperial.svg

Quarterly, I barry of eight, gules and argent, impaling gules a patriarchal cross argent on a tri-mount vert (for Hungary); II gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Bohemia); III bendy of six Or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); IV azure crusilly fitchy, two barbels haurient addorsed Or (for Bar); overall an inescutcheon per pale, dexter Or a bend gules three alerions argent (for Lorraine), sinister Or, in annulo six torteaux, the torteau in chief replaced by a roundel azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis Or[1] (for the Medici family), overall on a pale gules a fess argent (for Austria).

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Imperial College of Heraldry. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  2. ^ Königreich Böhmen. Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
  3. ^ a b c Bernhard Peter Monographien: Wappen der Bistümer. Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
  4. ^ Die Wappen der Landkreise. Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
  5. ^ Kultur und Geschichte. Friedelsheim in der Pfalz. Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
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