Armorial du Hérault Vermandois

Le Royaume d Arragon

Nos 1047 - 1061

 

Nos 1022 - 1046 blazon arms to be found in

The fourth chapter of L'Ordre de la Toison d'Or, 1435

They are not included here.

1047 Le Roy d Arragon

dor a iij paulx de gueulles

Or three pallets gules

Pedro III, King of Aragón, who died in 1285, bears these arms in Walford's Roll, C9 & The Camden Roll, D6.

These are the arms of the Counts of Barcelona who acquired Aragón by the marriage of Raymond Berengar IV, died 1173, to Petronella, heir to the throne of Aragón.

Barcelona usually bears four pallets, but there are examples of paly of six, and with reversed tinctures.

See Nos 1049, 1051 1052 & 1053, below.

1048 Le Roy de Valense

dargent a une croix de gueulles a iiij testes

Argent a cross gules cantonned by four moor's heads sable

King of Valencia

1049 Le Roy de Marlorque

de gueulles a iiij paulx dor

Or four pallets gules

King of Majorca, who also appears in No 866.

Jaime, King of Majorca, bears the arms with a bend azure, from a source which I have not been able to identify..

 

1050 Le Roy de Sardigne et de Corssie

dargent a une teste de meurre de mores

Argent a moor's head sable

King of Sardinia & Corsica

1051 Conte de Barsellonne

dor a iij paulx de gueulles

Or three pallets gules

Comte de Barcelona

1052 Conte de Roussillon Conte de Ponsardon

[not blazoned]

Or four pallets gules

Conte de Roussillon

Although the arms are not blazoned, the traditional arms of Roussillon are these. It is possible that the copyist intended to repeat the blazon of the previous coat.

1053 Le Daulphain de Geronne

telles armes que le Roy [dor a iij paulx de gueulles]

Or three pallets gules

Dauphin de Gerona

1054 Le Duc de Monblanc

party d Arragon et en lautre partie est enflaquiet d Arragon et de Sescile dargent a un aigle de Sable ar membre et couronne dor

Per pale or three pallets gules and per saltire first and fourth or three pallets gules second and third argent an eagle displayed sable crowned and membered or

Duc de Montblanc

This is the first example of the partition per saltire, which is peculiar to Spanish heraldry.

It is worth noting here that from the beginning, heraldry in Spain used partition lines, including quarterly. It is usually claimed that this was a later development.

1055 Le Conte de Daigne Marquis de Villames

de Daigne et de Castille la premiere moitie et lautre moitie d Arragon enflaquiet de Napples

Per pale quarterly first and fourth sable seven lozenges argent second and third gules a castle triple towered or and per saltire first and fourth or three pallets gules second and third azure semy de lis or a label gules

Comte de Daigne

Jehan Daigne, in No 122, bears sable seven lozenges argent.

I cannot be sure that this the Daigne referred to above.

 

 

1056 Le Conte d Ourgel

d Arragon party d'Orgel eschequete dor et de sable

Per pale or three pallets gules and checky or and sable

Comte d'Urgel

1057 Le Conte de Prades

d Arragon en flanquiet de Napples

Per saltire first and fourth or three pallets gules second and third azure semy de lis or a label gules

Comte de Prades

1058 Le Compte d Ampures

d Arragon party d Ampures dor a llj fasses de gueules

Per pale or three pallets gules and or three bars gules

Comte d'Ampures

1059 Le Conte de Cardonne

de gueulles a j cardon dor esrachet a iij testes

Gules a three headed thistle or

Comte de Cardonne

The arms are canting. Cardon is MF chardon, thistle.

1060 Le Conte Raimont de Moncade

de gueulles a vij besans dor party en pal

Gules eight bezants 2,2,2,2

Comte de Moncada

Although the blazon gives seven bezants, later versions show at least eight. The number has to be even in order to place them in pale.

1061 Le Conte de Paillas

dor a j aigle dasur membre de gueuules a un bordure de mesmes

Or an eagle displayed azure beaked and membered within a bordure gules

Comte de Pallars

Many of the above coats can be found in the later armorials of Bellenville & Gelre.