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Nobility and Titles in France - Heraldica The first category also requires that the first traceable ancestor be a knight Further refinements can of course be made: feudal nobility is made of families whose existence is known in feudal times (12th c or earlier) and whose line of descent goes back to 1250 at least (there are about 50)
Legitimacy and Orders of Knighthood - Heraldica as medieval military-monastic orders: but the context has completely disappeared; as knightly nobiliary associations: but knighthood as a social class has disappeared; as monarchical or princely associations: but they must then have been created by a monarch or prince it is legally defined to be an order of knighthood
Order of Precedence in England and Wales - Heraldica The order in medieval times was knights of the Garter, knights of the Bath, knights bannerets and knights bachelors For the modern orders, precedence is defined in the statutes of the order
The Fleur-de-Lys - Heraldica The Fleur-de-lis Stained glass window in the shape of a fleur-de-lys, Bourges cathedral, 15th c Note the various themes: the Trinity, which the 3 petals were understood to recall, is represented; angels are bearing the shield as they are supporters of the arms of France, the dove descending from heaven recalls the legend of the baptism of Clovis when a dove brought the sacred ointment to
The Oriflamme, Standard of the French kings - Heraldica The oriflamme was a sacred banner used by the kings of France in the Middle Ages in times of great danger It was distinct from the heraldic banner of the French kings (semis of fleur-de-lys on azure, as expected)
A Heraldic Tour of the Castle of Saint Peter, Bodrum (Turkey) The walls of the castle are studded with some 249 coats of arms A lot of the stones used in the construction come from the tomb of king Mausolus (†353 BC) One of the Seven Wonders of the world, its massive construction survived for centuries until an earthquake brought it down in medieval times The knights used the ruins as a quarry
Regulation of Heraldry in England Modern Times; Introduction The regulation of English heraldry between 1530 and 1688 has led many writers to project back into the Middle Ages concepts and beliefs of later times In particular, one often sees the claim made that, in Medieval England, arms were restricted to the knightly class, or at least to the gentry
Proclamations of Accessions of British Sovereigns (1547-1952) - Heraldica (Source: The Times, May 9, 1910; quoting the supplement to The London Gazette Extraordinary) Whitehall, May 7, 1910 On Friday night, the sixth of May instant, at a quarter to twelve o'clock, our late most gracious Sovereign King Edward the Seventh expired at Buckingham Palace in the sixtyninth year of His age, and the tenth of His reign
History of Orders of Chivalry: a Survey - Heraldica Boulton, D'Arcy Jonathan Dacre: The knights of the crown : the monarchical orders of knighthood in later medieval Europe, 1325-1520 Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press, 1987 Second revised edition (paperback): Woodbridge, Suffolk and Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2000 Excellent and thorough work by an academic historian
Notes on the French Peerage - Heraldica In medieval times, women who inherited peerages were considered peers, and took place and rank as peers, including in the court of peers In modern times, women peers did not take seat in Parlement as men peers did, but otherwise enjoed the same honors and privileges