An outfit which really understood all about "family" values!
Blazon (of the escutcheon only):
Tierced in pale:
I, quarterly: 1 and 4, or, six fleurs-de-lys azure, in three, two and one, (for Farnèse); 2 and 3, per pale, gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and bendy of six, or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy); overall argent, five escutcheons in cross azure, each charged with five plates in saltire, a bordure gules charged with eight three-towered castles or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Portugal);
II, tierced in fess:
1 per pale, quarterly i and iv gules, a three-towered castle or, masoned and ajouré azure (for Castile); ii and iii argent, a lion purpure (for Léon); per pale or, four pallets gules (for Aragon) and per saltire or, four pallets gules and argent, an eagle sable (for Sicily). Grafted in point argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and slipped vert (for Granada);
2 per pale gules, a fess argent (for Austria) and azure, semé-de-lys or, a bordure compony of gules and argent (for Valois-Burgundy),
3 quarterly i per bend sinister bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules (for Burgundy) and or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules (for Flanders); ii per bend sable, a lion or, armed and langued gules (for Brabant) and argent, an eagle gules (for Tyrol); iii azure, semé-de-lys d'or, a label gules (for Naples) and iv argent, a cross potent or cantonned by four crosslets or (for Jerusalem);
III, or, six roundels one, two, two and one, that in chief azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, the rest gules (for Tuscany);
Overall azure, three fleurs-de-lys or, two and one, a bordure gules (for Anjou).
The collared Orders I recognize are that of the Golden Fleece (first honor, badge lowest and dead center) and that of St. Lazarus (badge based on cross-of-eight-points vert).
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
A particularly nasty bunch of Bourbons. They make the Spanish branch seem like geniuses.
As for the orders, as far as I can tell (from L to R): The Order of the Holy Ghost (France), the Order of St. Ferdinand, the Order of St. Januarius (above), the Golden Fleece (below), the Military Constantinian Order of St. George, the Order of St. George and the Reunion.
I think I shall fly this tomorrow, just to confuse the neighbors.
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
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Grand Arms of the Bourbon Kings of the Two Sicilies.
An outfit which really understood all about "family" values!
Blazon (of the escutcheon only):
The collared Orders I recognize are that of the Golden Fleece (first honor, badge lowest and dead center) and that of St. Lazarus (badge based on cross-of-eight-points vert).
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"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
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Beat me to it by
1 minute! Whaaaaaaaa!!
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
You are correct!
A particularly nasty bunch of Bourbons. They make the Spanish branch seem like geniuses.
As for the orders, as far as I can tell (from L to R): The Order of the Holy Ghost (France), the Order of St. Ferdinand, the Order of St. Januarius (above), the Golden Fleece (below), the Military Constantinian Order of St. George, the Order of St. George and the Reunion.
I think I shall fly this tomorrow, just to confuse the neighbors.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
A particularly nasty bunch of Bourbons.
Old Rotgut, Jim Beam, Old Thompson Submachine American Whiskey, Early Times, Ten High.
Moral: Drink Scotch!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
House of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies?
The House of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies.
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.