Artois

ARTOIS (Province)

Official blazon
French	D'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or, au lambel de gueules chaque pendant chargé chacun de trois châteaux d'or.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are identical to the arms of Robert (1216-1250), count of Artois and third son of king Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castille. The label with the castles (for Castille) are used to differentiate the arms from those of the elder brother, King Louis IX (blue with golden fleur-de-lis).

Image gallery

The arms in the Armorial Gorrevod (1460)
The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in 1530
The arms in Hozier (1696)
The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)
The arms in Traversier (1842)
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr

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