WINDISCHGRÄZ   



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WINDISCHGRÄZ
 
ščit
(arms)
Quarterly, 1 and 4: Gules, a wolf Argent, couped at the base of the neck, sinister on 4; 2: Sable, three roundels Or; 3: Sable, a chevron Argent and chief of the same; overall, an escutcheon, quarterly, 1 and 4: Gules, a castle with three towers Argent; 2 and 3: Or, a bend sinister Sable.
greben
(crest)
On the dexter, issuant from a coronet Or on a helm Argent visor of the first, a wolf Argent, couped at the base of the neck; on the center, issuant from a coronet Or on a helm Argent with visor Or affronte, three ostrich feather plumes Gules; on the sinister, issuant from a coronet Or on a helm Argent with visor Or, a roundel Sable, charged with six roundels Or arranged in a circle.
vir
(source)
Opus Insignium Armorumque 1687 - 1688 Das Grosse Wappenbuch. pp 199, 255, 274
The coat of arms of Windischgräz is depicted in a variety of designs in Valvasor's armory. The first entry of the arms on plate 199, is depicted as a coat of arms of a Styrian town (the left image on the right). (199) The coat of arms indicates that a member of the family was regarded as a noble family in Carinthia. (255) The arms also indicate being sourced from section of the armory contains arms taken mostly from J. Siebmacher's armory, first published in 1596 of German arms as depicted above left. (274)
bibliografija / bibliography
  • Janez Vajkard Valvasor, "Opus Insignium Armorumque 1687 - 1688 Das Grosse Wappenbuch, re-published by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, January 1993 (999 copies only), ISBN 86-7131-070-1.

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