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The arms are a composite of the arms of the former Dutch Republic and the arms of the House of Nassau, it features a checkered shield with a lion grasping a sword in one hand and a bundle of arrows in the other and is the heraldic symbol of the monarch (King Willem-Alexander) and the country.
Provinces. The coats of arms of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands are shown here: Coat of arms of Drenthe. Coat of arms of Flevoland. Coat of arms of Friesland. Coat of arms of Gelderland. Coat of arms of Groningen. Coat of arms of Limburg. Coat of arms of North Brabant. Coat of arms of North Holland. Coat of arms of Overijssel.
Discover the history and symbolism behind the Holland family crest and coat of arms. Unveiling its origins and significance, this page presents a captivating insight into the proud heritage and ancestral imagery of the Holland lineage.
As a result, Leiden is known as The Netherlands’ “key city”. The interlocking keys feature on Leiden’s coat of arms escutcheon, which is held in place by a traditional, yet combative Dutch lion brandishing a sword. Underneath, it sits its motto, Haec libertatis ergo or “For the sake of freedom”.
Visit Holland - The Netherlands. Dutch flag & Coat of Arms. Category: Facts Netherlands & Holland. The Greater Coat of Arms of the Realm, (or "Groot Rijkswapen"), is the personal coat of arms of the monarch of the Netherlands (currently Queen Beatrix).
The lion on the shield holds a sword and a sheaf of seven arrows. The lion comes from the arms of the House of Nassau. The sword and sheaf of arrows in the lion’s paws come from the coat of arms of the States General of the Republic of the United Provinces. The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces. The arrows also symbolise cooperation: individually they are vulnerable, but together ...
The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Holland, a client state of Napoleon Bonaparte's French Empire which encompassed most of the modern-day state of the Netherlands, was instituted in 1806.
