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Image: Armoiries medievales d Eric de Poméranie 1382-1459

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Description: Coat of arms of Eric of Pomerania (1382-1459), reconstructed from his seal (1398), depicting: a lion rampant crowned maintaining an axe (representing Norway) within an inescutcheon upon a cross over all [the choice of red for the cross is unsubstantiated, comparable later designs seem to favour gold]; Quarterly: in Dexter Chief, three lions passant in pale crowned and maintaining a Danebrog upon a semy of hearts (representing Denmark); in Sinister Chief: three crowns (representing either Sweden]] or the Kalmar Union); in Dexter Base: a lion rampant (the Folkung lion, representing Sweden); in Sinister Base: a griffin segreant to sinister (representing Pomerania).
Title: Armoiries medievales d Eric de Poméranie 1382-1459
Credit: Own work d'après l'un des sceaux d'Eric de Poméranie.
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