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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles - Knights - Barons
Nobles in:Germany
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Ancient and noble German family, originally from Bavaria, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has worldwide spread, over the centuries. The clear nobility of this House is also confirmed by its presence in some of the most important heraldic works, such as "Armorial général" by JB Rietstap, a monumental work that contains the blazons of the coats of arms of more than one hundred thirty thousand European families, and "Johann Siebmachers allgemeines großes und vollständiges Wappenbuch", a heraldic multivolume book regarding the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire. The Grein family has received the title of Knights of the Holy Roman Empire on September 18, 1768. It also has received the title of Barons of the Holy Roman Empire on September 26, 1790. The nobility of the family was therefore consolidated in Bavarian territory. However, it originated elsewhere, in the city of the same name on the Danube, in the ...
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BlazonGrein
1. Coat of arms of family: Grein
Language of the text: English
Azure, three lions' heads or. Two helmets crowned. Crest: 1° a lion issant contourné or, crowned of the same, langued gules. 2° a greyhound issant argent, collared azure, bouclé argent. Lambrequin: dexter argent and azure, sinister or and azure.
Coat of arms of family Grein in Bayern (knights of the Holy Roman Empire sept.18, 1768; barons of Holy Roman Empire Sept.26, 1790). Sources: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome I A-K"; " Johann Siebmachers allgemeines großes und vollständiges Wappenbuch, 9tes Supplement, Nürnberg 1788, 16".
Wappen bezieht, welches in einem, die ganze Schildfläche einnehmenden Flusse in Wasserfarbe fünf # (2.3.) daraus hervorragende Felsen darstelt, zwischen denen ein Kahn mit zwei Ruderern und cinem Lootsen besetzt, durchfährt. Im J.1491 erhob Friedrich IV. Grein zur Stadt
Quelle: Siebmacher's großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Bd. 1 (Souveräne und Landesfürsten), 4. Abt. , T. 1: Städtewappen, Bd. 1, Nürnberg 1885, 56.
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