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The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( German Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) was a dual monarchy in Germany. This means that one ruler ruled over two countries, in this case the duchies of Coburg and Gotha. "Saxe" means of Saxony, because there were many small countries but all were ruled by members of the royal house of Saxony.
The House of Ascania ( German: Askanier) was a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, which refers to its longest-held possession, Anhalt. [1] The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, known as Schloss Askanien in German, which was located near and named after Aschersleben.
Title: Portrait medal of George the Bearded (duke of Saxony) (obverse); coat of arms (reverse) Artist: Attributed to Peter Flötner (German, Thurgau 1485–1546 Nuremberg) Date: 1537. Medium: Silver. Dimensions: Diameter: 1 11/16 in., 43.39g (4.3 cm) Classification: Medals. Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. Accession Number: 1975.1.1322
Coat of arms of Electorate of Bavaria (Elector Palatine) Description Used on the flags of this period, the coat of arms of the joint holding of Duke of Bavaria and Elector Palatine (commonly known as the Elector of Bavaria, as the titles were so closely linked) shows the historical arms of Bavaria and those of the Palatinate, plus an inescutcheon with a golden orb on a red field for his ...
The coat of arms of the Prince of Wales is the official personal heraldic insignia of the Princes of Wales, a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, formerly the Kingdom of Great Britain and before that the Kingdom of England.
The duke largely agreed with the archbishop of Cologne in 1444. Coat of Arms. In order to strengthen his claim Bernard adopted the Saxe-Wittenbergian coat-of-arms for Saxe-Lauenburg. The coat of arms shows in the upper left quarter the Ascanian barry of ten, in Or and sable, covered by a crancelin of rhombs bendwise in vert.
