PERSONAL ARMS

Arms of the Marquis of Huntly
Modified versions using the stag and ivy.

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Description:
Quarterly 
1st Azure, three boars’ heads couped  Or, Proper langued Gules (for Gordon)
2nd, Or three lions heads erased Gules langued Azure (for Lordship of Badenoch)
3rd, Or, 3 crescents within a Royal Tressure, flory counter flory, Gules (for Seton)
4th, Azure  three fraises Argent (for Fraser, acquisition of the Aboyne lands)

What's all that mean?
The shield is in four parts (quarterly)

The first quarter is blue (azure) with three boars heads. These heads are couped, meaning severed in a straight line.  The heads are gold (or)  with tongues out (langued) in red (gules).  This quarter represents Gordon.

The second quarter is gold (or) with three lion's heads erased, meaning torn off, leaving a jagged edge versus the couped in the first quarter. The lion's heads are red (gules) with tongues out (langued) in blue (azure).  This quarter represents the Lordship of Badenoch.

The third quarter is gold (or) with three crescents. Crescents are half moons with horns pointing upwards.  These are within a Royal Tressure which is a double tressure, a narrow border running parallel to the edge of the shield but not adjacent to it.  It is decorated with fleurs de lis (flory) that run alternately from head to tail (counter flory) and they are red (gules).  This quarter represents the Seton family. 

The fourth quarter is blue (azure) with three stylized strawberry flowers (fraise).These flowers are usually depicted as a floral form with five petals, called a cinquefoil. The flowers are silver or white (argent).  This quarter represents the Aboyne lands.

 

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