The arms of the house of Bonaparte in my CG-TL. As you can see they hold the titles of Emperor of the French, King of Spain, Queen of the United Kingdom, King of Westphalia. Furthermore, the head of the house, Napoleon V of France, is the current President of the Central Hemicycle and thus de jure Head of the European Union.
The arms quarterly: I Azure an imperial eagle Or. II quarterly, i and iv Gules three lions passant gardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure, ii Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules, iii Azure a harp Or stringed Argent, over all an inescutcheon of Azure an imperial eagle Or. III six quarterings, i Gules a castle Or lined Azure; ii Argent a lion rampant Gules langued, armed and crowned Or; iii Or four bars Gules; iv Gules, a cross, saltire and orle of chains linked together Or, a centre point vert, v Argent a pomegranate proper seeded gules, supported, sculpted and leafed in two leaves vert; vi Gules often Azure, the old and the new world between the pillars of Hercules argent. Over all an inescutcheon of Azure an imperial eagle Or. IV quarterly, i Gules a horse rampant Argent collared Or; ii quarterly, 1 Gules two lions passant Or langued and armed Azure in pale, 2 Or in chief Sable a six-pointed star Argent, 3 Or in chief Sable two six-pointed stars Argent, 4 Or a lion rampant guardant Gules langued, armed and crowned Azure, over all an inescutcheon of Azure, a lion rampant barry Argent and Gules crowned Or; iii gironny of twelve Gules and Argent an inescutcheon Or a lion rampant Gules; iv quarterly, 1 Gules two lions passant guardant Or langued and armed Azure in pale, 2 Or a lion rampant Or langued and armed Azure, 3 Or semé hearts Gules a lion rampant Azure, 4 Gules a lion rampant Or. Over all an inescutcheon of Azure an imperial eagle Or. Over all in pale three inescutcheons, the one in honour point bigger than the others and crowned with the imperial crown of France proper: I Gules two bends sinister two mullets Or, II Azure an imperial eagle Or, III Azure twelve mullets Or circlewise. Surrounding the shield, I the collar of the Grand Master of the Legion d'Honneur, II the collar of the Grand Master of the Order of the Garter, III the collar of the Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Fleece. For crests, I emerging from the former royal crown of Spain proper a castle Or lined Azure, standing affronté atop that a lion purpure langued and armed Or holding in its dexter paw a sword, hilt Or blade Argent, II the imperial Crown of France proper, III five ostrich feathers Argent emerging from a coronet with a halo of twelve mullets Or circlewise, IV on the royal Crown of the United Kingdom proper a lion statant guardant Or langued and armed Gules royally crowned proper, V a horse rampant Argent emerging from a coronet. The whole under a canopy of Gules semé bees Or lined Or and Ermine, crowned with the imperial Crown of France.
Excellent work putting them together, though a bit more imaginatino could help, not to be offensive or anything. There is simply so many chances here to insult the conquered, such as be having the Irish up there in or te old French ally the Scots. That and things from the East, maybe some symbol on Constantine, maybe the Young Menmon statue (Which Nappy failed to get), or symbolly something from his favorite Roman diety. Maybe even a Gordian Knot for Alex.
Thank you. I thought about other possibilities, but I found nothing but the horrifying idea that of course Spain's CoA would not include the quarter for the New World with Holy Britannia ruling the Americas. On Irishmen (?) and Scots, they are both members of an United Kingdom that is only slightly more decentralised than OTL's, governed from London and - despite being ruled by a branch of the House of Bonaparte, Bonaparte-Tudor (yay for eagles and roses!) - no members of the EU anymore. The imperial eagle is borne en surtout over the territorial arms of the UK - England has precedence because the capital and thus the seat of the queen is London, but both Scotland and Ireland have their own versions of the royal arms. Furthermore, the upper cantons were positions of honour in Napoleonic heraldry. On the topic of eastern symbols -- why exactly? Napoleon might have been sort of an Alexander-fetishist and Aegyptophile, but this is the dynastical coa of the house he started, not his personal or imperial one. I thought about including the N'd star, but then again I would have had to move up the canopy or remove the halo around the central crest ^^' And I guess five eagles are enough references to jolly ole Rome. Thank you alot for your insightful critique!
Shouldn't the Spanish coats be in the third Grand Quarter? if memory serves (And admittedly it's a tad on the fritz lately...) the Spanish Kingdom is higher in the hierarchy of kingdoms than the German States though you've got the French and British arms correct, as galled as I am to admit it France is higher in the hierarchy.
I certainly like the collars under the arms, especially the Lesser George looks good, and I agree the proportions are smashing, and the Mantle semé of bees is stunning
Oh, of course ^^' I'm not particularly sure WHY I actually put the Kingdom of Westphalia first ... Oo
Thank you If I may ask, why is it the "lesser" George? Oo And of course the mantle is from Wikicommons ^^' I'm too lazy to draw anything but divisions of the field myself.
Darn it: I knew it didn't look right as I typed it, the Lesser George - which is a metal badge of St George encircled by the Garter - goes on the blue sash worn when the collar in not appropriate, my mistake. That ought to teach me not to comment during migraines but I seem to persist in doing so
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On Irishmen (?) and Scots, they are both members of an United Kingdom that is only slightly more decentralised than OTL's, governed from London and - despite being ruled by a branch of the House of Bonaparte, Bonaparte-Tudor (yay for eagles and roses!) - no members of the EU anymore. The imperial eagle is borne en surtout over the territorial arms of the UK - England has precedence because the capital and thus the seat of the queen is London, but both Scotland and Ireland have their own versions of the royal arms. Furthermore, the upper cantons were positions of honour in Napoleonic heraldry.
On the topic of eastern symbols -- why exactly? Napoleon might have been sort of an Alexander-fetishist and Aegyptophile, but this is the dynastical coa of the house he started, not his personal or imperial one. I thought about including the N'd star, but then again I would have had to move up the canopy or remove the halo around the central crest ^^' And I guess five eagles are enough references to jolly ole Rome.
Thank you alot for your insightful critique!
I certainly like the collars under the arms, especially the Lesser George looks good, and I agree the proportions are smashing, and the Mantle semé of bees is stunning
Thank you
I can understand not wanting to do all those bees
XD Stupid thought of the day: Bees + Roses = Bonaparte-Tudor XD