Armorial of the House of Stuart facts for kids

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows.

Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland).

Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland), a chevron gules, brochant, a fess chequy argent and azure brochant sur-le-tout (Stuart).

Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland), a label argent, each point chequy azure and argent.

Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland), a fess chequy argent and azure (Stuart), brochant sur-le-tout.

Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland), a label argent.

Then,

Quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland).

Quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent; overall a label argent.

Quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent ; overall a label argent, on each point three ermine spots sable.

Quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent; overall a label argent, on each point three roses gules.

Per pale: 1 quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent; sur le tout azure semy of billets or, a lion of the second brochant, armed and langued gules (Nassau); 2 quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent.

Quarterly, I and IV Per pale: 1 gules three lions passant guardant or, 2 or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same; II azure three fleurs de lys or; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent.

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or France and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped argent brochant, sur le tout or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott).

• Arms then used by:
  • The 1st and 2nd dukes of Buccleuch,

Grand-Quarterly:

• I and IV quarterly: A and D grandquarterly : 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or (France) 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or (England); B or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; C azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped argent brochant;
• II and III or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott).

Grand-Quarterly:

• I and IV quarterly: A and D grandquarterly : 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or (France) 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or (England); B or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; C azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped argent brochant;
• II or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott);
• III: quarterly: A and D argent three fusils palewise conjoined gules, a bordure sable, B and C or, an eagle displayed vert armed and langued gules (Montagu).

Grand-quarterly:

• I quarterly: A and D grandquarterly : 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or (France) 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or (England); B or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; C azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped argent brochant;
• II or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott);
• III quarterly: A and D argent a heart gules crowned with a closed crown or, a chief azure charged with three estoiles argent (Douglas); B and C azure, a bend or, accompanied by six cross crosslets foot fitchy or, in orle (Mar); le tout a bordure or double tressure flory and counter-flory gules,
• IV quarterly: A and D argent three fusils palewise conjoined gules, a bordure sable, B and C or, an eagle displayed vert armed and langued gules (Montagu).
• Arms then used by:
  • The 5th, 6th and 7th dukes of Buccleuch,

Grand-quarterly:

• I quarterly: A and D grandquarterly : 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or France and 2 and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); B or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); C azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister couped argent brochant,
• II Quarterly, A and D gyronny of eight or and sable (Campbell); B and C argent, a lymphad or ancient galley sails furled flags and pennants flying gules and oars in action sable (Lorne),
• III quarterly: A and D argent a heart gules crowned with a closed crown or, a chief azure charged with three estoiles argent (Douglas); B and C azure, a bend or, accompanied by six cross crosslets foot fitchy or, in orle (Mar); le tout a bordure or double tressure flory and counter-flory gules,
• IV quarterly: A argent three fusils palewise conjoined gules, a bordure sable; B or, an eagle displayed vert armed and langued gules (Montagu), C of sable, au lion argent, armed and langued gules, on a franc-canton a cross of Saint George (Churchill), D argent a chevron gules accompanied by three helmets of Conquistadors azure (Brudenell).
• Sur le tout or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott).
• Arms then used by:
  • The dukes of Buccleuch

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister vair.

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister argent charged of six ermine spots sable.

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped azure compony argent of six pieces.

• Arms then used by:
  • The dukes of Grafton,

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped azure compony argent of six pieces, each piece argent charged with an ermine spot sable.

Quarterly: I and IV, grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II, or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister couped gules, charged with three roses argent, seeded and barbed vert, brochant sur-le-tout.

Grand-Quarterly: A and D, of Beauclerk: quarterly: I and IV, grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II, or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister couped gules, charged with three roses argent, seeded and barbed vert, brochant sur-le-tout; C and D de Vere: quarterly gules and or, a mullet argent on the first quarterargent.

• Arms then used by :
  • The dukes of Saint-Albans.

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a bordure compony of sixteen pieces argent and gules, each piece argent charged with a rose seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox).

• Arms then used by:
  • Charles Lennox (1701–1750), son of preceding, 2nd duke of Richmond, 2nd duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley, duke of Aubigny,
  • Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735–1806), son of preceding, 3rd Duke of Richmond, Baron Settingdon and earl of March, 3rd Duke of Lennox, Baron Torbolton and Earl of Darnley, Duke of Aubigny,

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a bordure compony of sixteen pieces argent and gules, each piece argent charged with a rose seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox); sur le tout gules three buckles or (Aubigny).

Grand-quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a bordure compony of sixteen pieces argent and gules, each piece argent charged with a rose seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox); sur le tout gules three buckles or (Aubigny); II and III of the grand-quarterly: quarterly I azure three boar's heads or armed gules (Gordon); II or three heads of lion erased gules langued azure (Badenoch); III or, three crescents gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Seton); IV azure three cinquefoils or seeded of the field (Fraser).

• Arms then used by:
  • The Dukes of Richmond, Dukes of Lennox and Dukes of Aubigny

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a bordure compony of twelve pieces azure and gules, each piece azure charged with a fleur-de-lys and each piece gules charged with a lion passant guardant or.

• Arms then used by:
  • The dukes of Fitz-James

• Arms then used by:
  • The dukes of Alba

Quarterly: I and IV or a lion gules a label azure in chief, II and III or, a fess chequy argent and azure a label azure in chief.

Quarterly: I and IV or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces, II or, a fess chequy azure and argent, and III or three lozenges pommety gules double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same.

Quarterly: I or, a lion gules armed and langued azure, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland), II or, a fess chequy azure and argent, III argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox), IV or a lion gules armed and langued azure, a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces.

Quarterly: I and IV or, a lion gules armed and langued azure, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland), II or, a fess chequy argent and azure a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces a label gules, III argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox), a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces.

Grand quarterly: A and D, quarterly: I and IV or, a lion gules armed and langued azure, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland), II or, a fess chequy argent and azure a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces a label gules, III argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox), a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces ; B and C, quarterly: I and IV gules three cinquefoils argent, each leaf charged with an ermine spot sable, II and III, argent a lymphad with the sails furled sable flagged gules (Hamilton).

Quarterly: I and IV or, a lion gules armed and langued azure, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland), II or, a fess chequy argent and azure in chief a mullet gules, III argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox), a bordure azure and argent engrailed and compony of twelve pieces.

Or, a fess chequy azure and argent, a baton gules.

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure.

Quarterly: I and IV azure three fleurs de lys or, a bordure gules with eight buckles or; II and III or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows (Stuart) a cottice gules.

Quarterly: I and IV azure three fleurs de lys or, a bordure gules with eight buckles or ; II and III or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows (Stuart) a bordure engrailed gules ; sur le tout argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox).

• Arms then used by :
  • Matthew Stewart (died 1513), 2nd Earl of Lennox (1495), Baron of Tolborton, son of preceding,
  • John Stewart (died 1526), 3rd Earl of Lennox (1513), Baron of Tolborton, son of preceding,
  • Matthew Stewart (1516–1571), 4th Earl of Lennox (1526), Baron of Tolborton, son of preceding,
  • Charles Stuart (1555–1576), 5th Earl of Lennox (1571), son of preceding,
  • Robert Stuart (1516–1586), 1st Earl of Lennox (1576), uncle of preceding,

Quarterly: I and IV azure three fleurs de lys or, a bordure engrailed or ; II and III or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows (Stuart) a bordure gules with eight buckles or ; sur le tout argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox).

• Arms then used by :
  • Ludovic Stewart (1574–1623), 2nd duke of Lennox (1583), 1st earl of Richmond (eleventh creation (1613)) then 1st duke of Richmond (1623), son of preceding,
  • Esmé Stewart (1579–1624), 3rd duke of Lennox (1623), brother of preceding,
  • James Stewart (1612–1655), 4th duke of Lennox (1624), son of preceding, 1st duke of Richmond (2nd creation – 1641),
  • Esmé Stewart (1649–1660), 5th duke of Lennox (1655), 2nd duke of Richmond, son of preceding,
  • Charles Stewart (1639–1672), 6th duke of Lennox (1660), 3rd duke of Richmond, first cousin of preceding,

Quarterly: I and IV or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows, double tressure flory and counter-flory gules, II and III argent a lion gules armed and langued azure.

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows, within a double tressure flory and counter-flory gules.

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows, double tressure flory and counter-flory gules, a bend engrailed of the same.

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows in chief a mullet argent, double tressure flory and counter-flory gules.

Quarterly or a fess chequy argent and azure (Stewart) and or three pallets sable (Earl of Atholl).

Arms used by: John Stewart (1440 – 15 September 1512, Laighwood), 1st earl of Atholl,

Or a fess chequy argent and azure, a bend engrailed gules brochant in chief a mullet of the same.

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows, a bend engrailed gules brochant.

Or a fess chequy argent and azure, a bend engrailed gules brochant in chief a rose of the same.

Or a fess chequy argent and azure, a bend engrailed brochant gules charged in chief with a buckle of the field.

Argent, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows in chief a mullet of the second, a bend engrailed gules, in chief a rose of the same seeded and barbed or.