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Belgian Civic Heraldry

KRUISHOUTEM

Province : Oostvlaanderen
Additions : 1976 Nokere, Wannegem-Lede

Origin/meaning :

The arms were granted on February 3, 1950 and are officially crowned with a crown with nine pearls, and held by two savages as supporters.
The arms are based on the seal of the local council from 1626. The arms are a combination of the following elements :
The first quarter shows the lion of Vlaanderen, the second the arms of the family Montmorency, the third the arms of the family Sainte Aldegon de Noircarme and the fourth the arms of the Lalaing family and finally an escutcheon with the arms of the Jauche family.

These complicated arms were the arms of Philippe de Jauche, Lord of Kruishoutem in the early 17th century. He was the grandson of Josien van Vlaanderen and Jeanne de Montmorency-Croisilles and the son of Anna de Sainte Aldegon de Noircarme, which explains the arms.

Literature : Servais, 1955


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