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Spain had a composite shield showing quarters for Castile, Leon, Aragon and Navarre, with Granada at base. When Philip, Duke of Anjou, became King Philip V of Spain he added an escutcheon of Anjou (France differenced by a red border).
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2.3 The marshalling of arms
2.3.4 The escutcheon
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Spain had a composite shield showing quarters for Castile, Leon, Aragon and Navarre, with Granada at base. When Philip, Duke of Anjou, became King Philip V of Spain he added an escutcheon of Anjou (France differenced by a red border).
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The escutcheon on the large arms of Bavaria is the original shield of the ruling Wittelsbach family, used also as the small arms of Bavaria. |
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The Bohemian escutcheon in the Czechoslovak arms emphasises the dominance of the Czechs. |
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The escutcheon on the Thurn and Taxis arms is the original Taxis shield. |
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An escutcheon within an escutcheon: the arms of Belgian Congo had on them an escutcheon of Belgium which were the Lion of Brabant charged with an escutcheon of Saxony, the dynastic origin of the Belgian royal family. |
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