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Département : [[Vendée]] | Département : [[Vendée]] | ||
[[File:chataign.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:chataign.jpg|center|350 px|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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D'argent au lion d'azur semé de fleurs de lys d'or. | |+Official blazon | ||
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| D'argent au lion d'azur semé de fleurs de lys d'or. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
La châtaigneraie means a place with chestnust-trees, or a chestnust-groove, and the coat of arms is a lion that was later coloured with the golden fleur-de-lis; the ancient coat of arms of the duchy of Ile de France, because La Châtaigneraie is situated in the very heart of a royalist region that resisted violently to the republican troops led by General Hoche in the late 18<sup>th</sup> century. | La châtaigneraie means a place with chestnust-trees, or a chestnust-groove, and the coat of arms is a lion that was later coloured with the golden fleur-de-lis; the ancient coat of arms of the duchy of Ile de France, because La Châtaigneraie is situated in the very heart of a royalist region that resisted violently to the republican troops led by General Hoche in the late 18<sup>th</sup> century. | ||
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File:Chataigneraie1895.jpg|alt=Blason de La Châtaigneraie/Arms (crest) of La Châtaigneraie|The arms in a publication from 1895 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|Literature]] : Froger et Pressensé, 1991; background from Phil M. Rodgers Hayes | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Froger et Pressensé, 1991; background from Phil M. Rodgers Hayes | ||
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[[Category:Vendée]] | [[Category:Vendée]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:19, 3 September 2023
LA CHÂTAIGNERAIE
Département : Vendée
| French | D'argent au lion d'azur semé de fleurs de lys d'or. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
La châtaigneraie means a place with chestnust-trees, or a chestnust-groove, and the coat of arms is a lion that was later coloured with the golden fleur-de-lis; the ancient coat of arms of the duchy of Ile de France, because La Châtaigneraie is situated in the very heart of a royalist region that resisted violently to the republican troops led by General Hoche in the late 18th century.
Image gallery
The arms in a publication from 1895
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Literature: Froger et Pressensé, 1991; background from Phil M. Rodgers Hayes