All about heraldry : drawings of coats of arms: 2011-12-25

Thursday, December 29, 2011

French Empire Nobility n°3

ALLIOT

Claude-Louis ALLIOT (1767-????), captain, commanding the company of reserve of the department of Haute-Loire, knight of the empire by letters patent of January 1st, 1813. Regulation of coats of arms :

Azure, a fess wavy Argent, a sword in pale Gules, hilted Sable, debruising over all, and accompanied in chief of two erased lion's heads Or ; a terrace in base Gules charged of the mark of knights of the Legion of Honor. Liveries : colors of the shield.

ALMÉRAS

Family native from Provence. Many alternatives of coats of arms concerning this family :

Azure, a lion Or, armed and langued Gules, a chief of the second, charged with three palm leaves Vert, set each one in bend.

Azure, a lion Or, armed and langued Gules, a chief cousu of the same charged with three stars Or.

Sable, a lion rampant Or, a chief cousu Vert charged with three stars Or.

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, quarterly quartered in saltire Azure and Or, the Azure charged of a head of leopard Or and per pale Argent, 3 fess Sable, 2nd and 3rd, Azure, a passant greyhound Argent collared Gules, over all, Azure, a lion Or, armed and langued Gules, and a chief Or charged with three palm leaves Vert set in bend.

Azure, a fess Or, accompanied in chief of 3 palm leaves Or set in bend, and in base of a lion Or.

Azure, a lion Or, langued Gules.

Quarterly : 1st and 4th, Sable, a tower Argent, port and windows of the field, 2nd, Azure, a lion Or, armed and langued Gules, a chief Or, charged with three palm leaves Vert, in bend, 3rd, Vert, a bend Argent.

Louis ALMERAS (1768-1828), major general, baron of the empire by letters patent of September 27th, 1810. Regulation of coats of arms :

Quarterly : 1st, Sable, a tower Argent, port, windows and masoned of the field ; 2nd, of the military barons ; 3rd, Azure, a lion Or ; 4th, Vert, a bend Argent. Liveries : colors of the shield, green in bordure only.

After the empire, the coats of arms became :

Quarterly : 1st, Sable, a tower Argent, port and windows of the field ; 2nd and 3rd, Azure, to the lion Or ; 4th, Vert, a bend Argent.

Title of personal baron, in favor of Louis-Michel ALMERAS-LATOUR, on confirmation and reversion of the title of baron of his paternal uncle (general baron Alméras, deceased on January 7th, 1828) by letters patent of November 16th, 1828. Regulation of coats of arms :

Azure, a fess Argent, charged of a sword Sable, accompanied in chief of a tower Argent and, in base, of a lion of the same.

Blason du baron Louis Michel Alméras-Latour

ALPHONSE

François-Jean-Baptiste d'ALPHONSE alias DALPHONSE (1756-1821), prefect of Gard, baron of the empire by letters patent of March 9th, 1810. Regulation of coats of arms :

Lozengy Azure and Or ; a quarter of the barons prefects. Liveries : colors of the shield.

Blason du baron François Jean Baptiste d'Alphonse

Thereafter, the coats of arms became :

Lozengy Azure and Or.

ALQUIER

Charles-Jean-Marie ALQUIER (1755-1826), former ambassador in the foreign Courts, knight of the empire by letters patent of May 28th, 1809, baron of the empire. Regulation of coats of arms :

Tierced palewise Or, Gules and Azure : Or, 2 stars superposed Azure, Gules, mark of knights of the Legion of Honor, and Azure, 2 stars superposed Argent.

Title of hereditary baron conferred to Charles-Jean-Marie ALQUIER, ambassador [without letters patent], renewed and confirmed in favor of the son, Jean-Charles ALQUIER, by imperial decree of February 5th, 1862. Transmission of the title of hereditary baron confirmed in favor of Charles-Arthur ALQUIER, elder son of the precedent, by letters patent of May 4th, 1870. Regulation of coats of arms :

Per pale : 1st, Or, 2 stars Azure set in pale ; 2nd, Azure, 2 stars Argent set in pale ; a quarter of the barons ministers employed abroad (Gules, charged of a lion head erased Argent).

Thereafter, the coats of arms became :

Tierced palewise : 1st, Or, 2 stars Azure ; 2nd, Gules plain ; 3rd, Azure, a star Or. A chief of the shield Gules, debruising on the tierced and charged of an erased lion's head Argent.

ALSACE

Pierre-Simon d'ALSACE (1772-1825), chamberlain of the emperor, count of the empire by letters patent of September 19th, 1810. Regulation of coats of arms :

Gules, a bend Or, a quarter of the counts officers of the house of the emperor. Liveries : colors of the shield.

ALTON

Family ALTON is of Austrian origin (title of count on April 25th, 1777). The coats of arms are the following ones :

Azure, a lion Argent, armed, langued and membered Gules, accompanied of five fleur de lys Or, four in the cantons of the shield and the fifth in base. Two crowned helmets. Crest : 1° an eagle facing the sinister Sable, crowned Or. Lambrequins : Or and Azure ; 2° a lion, issuant, holding of its dexter paw a branch of laurel Vert. Lambrequins : Argent and Azure. Supporters : two lions Argent, armed and langued Gules. Motto: JUSTUS ET FIDELIS.

Alexandre d'ALTON (1776-1859), colonel of the 59e regiment of infantry of line, baron of the empire by letters patent of January 15th, 1809. Regulation of coats of arms :

Per fess : 1st, per pale, in dexter Vert to the lily Argent, stalked, with leaves and on a terrasse Or and in sinister Gules, mark of the military barons ; 2nd, Azure, a lion rampant Argent holding in dexter hand a branch of laurel and accompanied of five stars also Argent in orle. Liveries : colors of the shield.

Thereafter, the coats of arms became :

Jean-Wulfran d'ALTON, count of the empire with majorat by letters patent of April 11th, 1812, general receiver, deceased in Paris October 24th, 1825. Regulation of coats of arms :

Per pale, I : quarterly : 1st, per bend-dancetty Azure and Or, 2 spearheads one on the other ; 2nd, Gules, 3 swords in fess Argent, hilted Or, one on the other ; 3rd, Sable, 3 spearheads Argent 2 and 1 ; 4th, Gules, 2 swords in saltire Argent hilted Or, charged of a sword in pale of the same ; II : Azure, a lion rampant Or, accompanied of five stars of the same in orle ; a quarter of the counts owners.

Blason du comte d'Empire Jean Wulfran d'Alton

Title of hereditary count confirmed in favor of Alfred DALTON, count of Alton, brigadier general, by decree of March 17th, 1860.

Transmission of the position, title and qualities of hereditary peer of his grandfather, count SHEE, in favor of Edouard DALTON, by the ordinance of December 11th, 1815, with addition of name and authorization of being called “Dalton-Shee”.

Confirmation of transmission of the aforesaid position, title and qualities of hereditary peer in favor of the same Edouard DALTON “DE LINIERES”, and authorization of being called Dalton-Shee de Linières, with title of Dalton-Shee baron of Linières, by ordinance of December 26th, 1815. Title of baroness DALTON-SHEE DE LINIERES, in favor of the mother of the precedent, Francoise SHEE, wife of Jacques-Wulfran DALTON, by the ordinance above of December 26th, 1815

AMEIL

Auguste-Jean-Joseph-Gilbert AMEIL (1775-1822), colonel of the 24e regiment of chasseurs with horse, baron of the empire by letters patent of March 9th, 1810. Regulation of coats of arms :

Quarterly : 1st, Azure, a harp Or ; 2nd, military barons ; 3rd, Gules, a Sagittarius Argent, reguardant and launching an arrow in sinister ; 4th, Vert, a savage, armed of a club Or. Liveries : colors of the shield, green in bordure only.

Le baron d'Empire Auguste Jean Joseph Gilbert Ameil

Thereafter, the coats of arms became :

Quarterly : 1st, Azure, a harp Or ; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, a Sagittarius centaur Argent, reguardant, stripping an arrow towards sinister ; 4th, Vert, a savage Or, holding a club of the same, set on its shoulder.

AMEY

Pierre-François-Joseph AMEY (1768-1850), brigadier general, baron of the empire by letters patent of June 11th, 1810. Regulation of coats of arms :

Per fess : 1st, per pale, in dexter Argent, a tower Sable, turretted of a turret of the same, masoned of the field, and in sinister of the military barons ; 2nd, Azure, 3 heads of leopard Or. Liveries : blue, yellow, white, black and red.

Thereafter, the coats of arms became :

Per fess : 1st, Argent, a tower Sable turretted of a turret of the same masoned of the field ; 2nd, Azure, 3 heads of leopard Or.

AMIOT

Louis-Aspaïs AMIOT (1751-????), member of the body of electors of Seine-et-Marne, baron of the empire with majorat by letters patent of February 21st, 1814. Regulation of coats of arms :

Azure, a chevron Or charged of a crescent Gules, accompanied in chief of two trefoils Or and in base of a star of the same ; a quarter of the barons members of the body of electors.

Title of hereditary baron confirmed in favor of Louis-Aspaïs AMIOT, baron of the Empire, owner, by letters patent of February 3rd, 1815. Regulation of coats of arms :

Azure, a chevron Or, charged at top of a crescent Gules, and accompanied in chief of two trefoils Or and, in base, of a star of the same.

Title of hereditary baron and transmission of majorat in favor of Louis-Jacques Amiot, son of the precedent, by ordinance of March 9th, 1826. Title of hereditary baron and transmission of majorat in favor of Alexandre-Gustave-Aspaïs Amiot, grandson, by ordinance of October 18th, 1828.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

French Empire Nobility n°2

AILLIET

Pierre-Gabriel AILLIET alias AILLET (1762-????), chief of battalion to the 30e regiment of infantry of line, knight of the empire by letters patent of December 16th, 1810. Regulation of coats of arms :

Or, a chevron Azure accompanied in chief of two stars Azure and in base of a grenade Sable, allumee Gules ; a bordure Gules charged of the mark of knights of the Legion of Honor set at 2nd point in chief. Liveries : colors of the shield.

ALBERT

Georges ALBERT (1776-1855), captain to grenadiers on foot of the guard, knight of the empire by letters patent of May 23rd, 1810. Baron of the empire by letters of September 14th, 1813. Regulation of coats of arms :

Per pale : 1st, Azure,a cavalier armed and ancient Or, piercing of its spear a wyvern reversed Argent, one and the other facing the sinister ; 2nd, Vert, a pyramid Argent, surmounted of an allumee grenade Or ; a terrace in base Gules charged of the mark of knights of the Legion of Honor. Liveries : blue, yellow, white and red.

Title of hereditary baron conferred to Georges ALBERT, confirmed in favor of the son, Louis-Désiré-Edouard ALBERT, mayor of Carnod, by imperial decree of April 28th, 1860. Transmission of the majorat emoluments (without title of hereditary baron) conferred to Georges ALBERT, confirmed in favor of elder of its grandsons in primogeniture, Edouard-Léon ALBERT, by ministerial order of January 31st, 1878.

ALBERT

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste ALBERT (1771-1822), brigadier general, baron of the empire by letters patent of April 14th, 1810. Regulation of coats of arms :

Per fess : 1st, per pale, in dexter Sable, a grenade Or, inflammed of the same and cantoned of 4 stars also Or and in sinister Gules, mark of the military barons ; 2nd, Azure, 2 scythes in saltire Or, on which a garb debruises of the same. Liveries : blue, white and yellow.

ALBERT

Joseph ALBERT, knight of the empire by imperial decree of August 10th, 1813, baron of the empire by decree of September 14th, 1813, colonel-major of the infantrymen of the young Guard (1814), Officer of the Legion of Honor.

ALBISSON

Jean ALBISSON (1732-1810), State counsellor, knight of the empire by letters patent of August 11th, 1808. Regulation of coats of arms :

Argent, a chevron checky of three rows Or and Azure, on the sinister is set a third Gules with the mark of the knights without Legion of Honor. Liveries : white, blue, yellow and red.

ALEIN

François-Mathieu ALEIN (1760-????), receiver of the imperial treasure, member of the electoral college of the Ardennes, knight of the empire by letters patent of October 23rd, 1811. Regulation of coats of arms :

Azure, a cock Argent accompanied of three bezants Or, 2 and 1, supported by a terrace in base Gules with the mark of knights of the Legion of Honor. Liveries : colors of the shield.

ALFIERI DE SOSTEGNO

Charles-Emmanuel-Ferdinand ALFIERI DE SOSTEGNO (1764-1831), Master of the ceremonies of Borghèse prince, baron of the empire by letters patent of April 14th, 1810. Regulation of coats of arms :

Quarterly : 1st, Or to the vol of 2 wings conjoined in base Sable supported by two eagle's claws of the same, armed Gules ; 2nd, of the barons officers of the house of the princes ; 3rd, Azure, a tower Or open, windows and masoned Sable, a bordure compony Argent and Gules ; 4th, bendy Or and Azure of six pieces. Liveries : yellow, blue, red and black.

ALIX

Jean-Baptiste ALIX alias ALLIX (1768-1848), chief of squadron in retirement, knight of the empire by letters patent of June 14th, 1810. Regulation of coats of arms :

Per pale : 1st, Argent to the pennon Azure charged of a vol of 2 wings conjoined in base Or ; 2nd, Azure, a hand Or issuing of the sinister and armed of a saber Argent ; a terrace in base Gules charged of the mark of knights of the Legion of Honor. Liveries : colors of the shield

Thereafter, the coats of arms became :

Per pale : 1st, Argent, pennon Azure, charged of a vol of 2 wings conjoined in base Or ; 2nd, Azure, a hand Or, holding a saber Argent.

ALLEMAND

Zacharie-Jacques-Théodore ALLEMAND (1762-1826), vice-admiral, count of the empire by letters patent of April 26th, 1811. Regulation of coats of arms :

Azure, 3 ships Or, with sails Argent, 1 and 2 ; a quarter of the military counts debruising to the 9th shield. Liveries : yellow, white and blue.

Le comte d'Empire Zacharie Jacques Théodore Allemand

Blason du comte d'Empire Zacharie Jacques Théodore Allemand

Thereafter, the coats of arms became :

Azure, 3 ships Or, with sails Argent, 1 and 2.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Armorial Dom Pelletier n°1 (Abdré, Aboville, Abram, Acher, Adam)

Christophe ABDRE, ennobled in 1701

Azure, a cross of Saint-Andrew Or and in chief 1 sun in splendor of the same. Crest: a naissant lion Or.

Etienne of ABOVILLE, native of Gonneville, manservant of Madam regent, confirmation of nobility in 1732

Vert a house Argent masoned Sable charged of 2 pommels Argent, the shield surmounted of an helm adorned of its wreath and lambrequins with metals and colors of the shield. (I drew a blazon slightly different from description because found in another armorial)

Etienne-Charles ABRAM de ZINCOURT, native of Mirecourt, lawyer to the Council of State and the Sovereign Court, ennobled on May 5th, 1710.

Bendy Argent and Gules of 6 parts, with the chief Azure charged of 3 bees Or put in row. Crest: a bee of the shield.

Jacques of ACHER, ennobled by Charles IV in 1663

Azure, with an arm in armor Argent holding one mace Or, moving sinistral side of the shield, with the chief Or charged of an eagle naissant Gules, the whole surmounted of one helm, armed of its wreath and its lambrequin to metals and colors of the shield.

Arnould-François d'ADAM, lawyer at the Court, controller in the provosty and gruery of Saint-Michiel, ennobled on February 22nd, 1706 with permission to wear the arms of its great-grandfather Nicolas GELEE.

Azure, a chevron Or accompanied in chief of 2 pierced stars of the same and in base of an eagle displayed Argent, the bordered and engrailed shield of the same. Crest: an eagle displayed Sable.

Armorial of Champagne : letter C

CAHIER (native from Anjou)
Edme de Cahier, Lord of Frampas, residing there, Place of Vitry.

Argent, a fess Gules, charged of a crescent Or, accompanied in chief of three fusils Sable, & in base of a lion passant of the same, langued Gules.

CARENDEFFEZ (native from Champagne)
Jean-Baptiste de Carendeffez, lord of Chaudenay, residing there, Place of Langres.

Azure, 6 bezants Argent, set three in chief, two in fess, and one in base.

CASTRATE (native of Albigensian)
Gérard de Castre, viscount of Barbonval, residing in Bethinville, Place of Rheims. Charles de Castre, lord of Vaux. Simon de Castre. Jean de Castre, Lord of La Chauffée. And Claude de Castre, all residing in Vaux, Election of Rheims.

Azure, 3 mullets Argent, set in fess, surmounted of a crescent of the same.

CAUCHON (native from Champagne)
François Cauchon, Count of Lery, residing there, Place of Rheims. Charles Cauchon, Baron de Tiernut. Jean-Charles, Lord of Sommievre, residing there, Place of Chaalons. Charles Cauchon, Baron de Neuflize. Madeleine de Paris, widow of Louis Cauchon, Viscount of Unchere. Jacques, Henry, & Antoine Cauchon, his children. And Francois, knight of Malta.

Gules, a griffin Or, winged Argent.

CAUMONT (native from Champagne)
Charles-François de Caumont, Lord of Mutry, residing in Fontaine, Place of Epernay. Antoine de Caumont, Lord of Sauseuil. Jacques de Caumont, Lord of Aire. Marie de La Rivière, widow of Valentin de Caumont. Jean de Caumont, lord de Neufmaifon.

Azure, a wheel Or supported by two lions of the same.

LE CERF (native from Champagne)
Nicolas Le Cerf, lord of Prosne, which made to its genealogy separated from that of Jean Le Cerf, lord of Cramant, residing in Cuy, Election of Epernay, which still made to a genealogy separated from that of Jean Le Cerf, lord of Cramant & of Atye.

Azure, a chevron Or, accompanied of three mullets of the same.

CHALLEMAISON (native from Champagne)
Claude de Challemaison, lord of Bois-Bazin, residing there. Elizabeth de Soissons, widow of Savinien de Challemaison, lord of Chalautre-la-Grande, residing there, Place of Troyes.

Argent, a fess Azure, charged of a rose Or, accosted of two spur rowels of the same.

CHAMISSOT (native from Lorraine)
Elizabeth of Y, widow of Jean de Chamissot, Lord of Sivry, & Robert de Chamissot, his son, Lord of the place, there residing, Place of Chaalons.

Argent, 5 trefoils saltirewise Sable, set in chief, and two reversed hands dexter and sinister of the same, set in base.

CHAMPAGNE (native from Champagne)

Claude de Champagne, Lord of Morsains. Fiacre de Champagne, Lord of Lechelle & Lunay. And Henry, his brother, residing to the Foretiere, Place of Troyes.

Azure, a bend Argent, accompanied of two bendlets, potent & counter potent Or of thirteen pieces.

CHAMPIGNY (native from Champagne)
Antoine de Champigny, Lord of Balignicourt, residing in Humpigny, Place of Bar-sur-Aube.

Azure to the cross Argent, cantoned to the 1st canton of a crescent of the same.

DES CHAMPS (native from Champagne)
Louis des Champs, marquis of Marcilly, general lieutenant of the armies of the king. Armand des Champs, viscount of Marcilly, Captain of the Castle of Madrid, & Varenne of the Louvre. Antoine, knight of Malta. Marie of the Fields of Marcilly, residing in Marcilly, Place of Sezanne.

Or, 3 chevrons Sable, accompanied of three annulets of the same.

DES CHAMPS (native from Champagne)
lord of Riel-Dessus, residing in Charmoy, Place of Bar-sur-Aube.

Azure, 3 thistles Or.

CHANDON (native from Lionnois)
Claude-Geoffroy de Chandon-Brialles, Lord of Lanques, residing there, Place of Chaumont.

Argent, a fess Gules, accompanied of three trefoils Sable.

CHANTELOU (native from Champagne)
Elizabeth de Budé, widow of François de Chantelou, Lord of Coupigny. Charles & Louis de Chantelou, Lord of the Coupigny, residing there, Place of Epernay.

Or, a wolf Sable, accompanied of three roundles Gules.

CHARTONGNE (native from Champagne)
Jean de Chartogne, viscount of Pernan, residing in Montigny, Place of Rethel. Claude, Lord of La Folie & Bretoncourt. Jean-François, Lord of Tourteron, residing in La Folie, which made a genealogy separated from that of Philippe-François de Chartogne, Lord of Neuf-visy. Christophe-Antoine de Chartogne. Charles-Jean, & Tristan-Louis, residing in Viel-Saint-Remy, Place of Rethel. Francois, Lord of Vauzelles & Magneux, residing there, Place of Rheims.

Gules, 5 saltirewise rings Or.

CHASTENAY (native from Champagne)
Nicolas de Chastenay, Lord of Bricon, residing there, Place of Bar-sur-Aube.

Argent, a cock Vert, crowned, combed, beaked, jelloped & membered Gules.

DE CHAT (native from Soulogne)
François le Chat, Lord of the Pavillons, & Pierre le Chat, his son, residing in Sumérmont, Place of Vitry.

Argent, 3 fess Gules, to the orle of seven martlets Sable.

CHAUMONT (native from Vexin)
Hugues de Chaumont, lord of Villeneuve, Place of Sezanne. Louis de Chaumont, lord of Saint-Cheron, residing there, Place of Vitry.

Azure, 4 fess Gules.

CHAVAGNAC (native from Auvergne)
Charlotte de la Marche des Comtes, widow of Louis de Chavagnac, Lord of Tortespée. Antoine de Chavagnac, his son.

Argent, 2 fess Sable, a chief Azure, charged with three roses Or.

CHERTEMPS (native from Champagne)
Pierre Chertemps, Lord of the Mouflet, Treasurer of France. Philippe Chertemps. Marie Goujon, widow of René Chertemps, alive Lord of Bergère & Vaux. Charles, his son, all residing in Rheims.

Azure, a fess Or, accompanied in chief of three mullets, & in base of a crescent of the same.

LA CHEVARDIERE (native from Champagne)
Marie le Cerf, widow of Hugues de La Chevardière, Lord of Jumont. And Jean de La Chevardière, Lord of the place of Jumont. Louis, residing in Roquigny, Place of Rheims. Jean, Lord of the Grange-au-Bois. And François, Lord of the Motte.

Argent, a bit of fern Vert.

CHINOIR (native from Champagne)
David Chinoir, viscount of Chambrecy, residing there, Place of Rheims.

Sable, a chevron Argent, accompanied of three naissant greyhounds of the same, collared Sable.

CHOISEUL (native from Champagne)
Cleriadus de Choiseul, Baron de Lanques & of Ferté, there residing, Place of Langres. Marie de Billy, widow of Charles de Choiseul, Baron d'Ambonville. Alexandre, his son, Baron of the Ambonville. Charles, Francois, Pierre, Claude-Bernard, & Louis de Choiseul d' Ambonville, residing there, Place of Bar-sur-Aube. Louis de Choiseul, Baron de Beaupré, residing there, Place of Chaumont. Jacques-François de Choiseul, Marquis de Beaupré, Lord of Aillancourt, residing there, Place of Chaumont. Claude de Choiseul-Francieres, Count of Choiseul, Governor of Langres, residing there, & François de Choiseul, Marquis de Praslain, general Lieutenant for His Majesty to the Government of Champagne, residing to that Praslain, Place of Troyes.

Azure, a cross Or, cantoned of eighteen billets of the same.

CHOISY (native from Champagne)
Charles de Choisy, Lord of Thieblemont, & Claude, Lord of the place, residing there, Place of Vitry.

Azure, a chief pily Or.

CLERMONT (native from Anjou)
Louis de Clermont d' Amboise, Marquis de Reynel, Governor of Chaumont. François de Clermont d' Amboise, Count of the place, Abbé de Saint-Clement of Metz. Louis de Clermont d' Amboise, Marquis de Reynel. And Juste de Clermont d' Amboise, residing to that Reynel, Eleclion of Chaumont.

Azure, 3 chevrons, the first cadenced Or.

COCKEREL (native from Picardy)
Eleonore de Blois, widow of Charles de Cochet, Lord of Marchelles, residing in Saint-Ferjeul, Place of Troyes.

Gules, a chevron Argent, charged with five spots Ermine, accompanied in chief of two spur rowels with eight points Or, & in base of a boar's head Sable, tusked Argent, surmounted of a spur rowel with eight points Or.

COIFFART (native from Champagne)
Louis Coiffart, Lord of Marcilly-le-Hayer. Charles Coiffart, Lord of Mesnil & Marcilly, residing there, Place of Troyes.

Gules, 3 inflamed caps Or.

COKBORGNE (native from Scotland)
Edme-Eleonor de Cokborne, baron of Villeneuve, residing there.

Azure, 3 cocks Gules, two & one.

COLET (native from Champagne)
Vincent Colet, Lord of La Marre, residing in Donchery, Place of Rheims. Noël, Lord of Morinville, & Pierre Colet, Lord of Longchamp.

Azure, a bend Argent, charged of three mullets Gules.

COLIGNON (native from Champagne)
Marguerite Bertin, widow of Philippe of Colignon, Lord of large Crowned Charles de Colignon, Lord of Blignicourt. Samuel, Daniel & Marie de Colignon.

Or, a demi-lion naissant Sable, langued Gules, per fess Gules to the dexter arm, dressed Azure issuing in sinister, the hand Proper holding the lightning Sable, in dexter a trefoil of the same.

COLIGNY (native of Burgundy)
Joachim de Coligny, marquis of Crecia, residing in Damery, Place of Espernay.

Gules, a eagle Argent, membered, beaked & crowned Azure.

DES COLINES (native from Champagne)
Claude des Colines, lord of Pocancy, there residing, Places of Chaalons. François des Colines, residing in Bisseuil, Place of Epernay.

Azure, a lion Or.

COMITIN (native of Siracuse)
Charles de Comitin, Lord of Motte-prez-Eclaron. Jean de Comitin, Lord of Sainte-Liviere, residing there, Place of Vitry. Claude de Comitin. Louis, Marie, & Madeleine, Rene, lord of Angleber, & Nicole, widow of Corberon of Lacquevivier, residing in Grandes Costes.

Argent, 6 eyes Proper, set in fess, two, two, two.

CONDE (native from Champagne)
Charles de Condé, Lord of Coëmy, residing there, Place of Rheims. And Claude, lord of Virginy.

Or, 3 maunches badly cut Gules.

CONFLANS (native from Champagne)
Christophe de Conflans, Lord of Bouleuze, residing there, Place of Rheims. And Eustache de Conflans, his son.

Azure, semy of billets Or, to the lion of the same.

CONSTANT (native from Auvergne)
Jean & Salomon de Constant, Lord of Trières & Froid-Fossé, residing there, Place of Rheims.

Gules, 3 fess Or, a chief of the same, charged with three bends Gules..

CONTET (native from Champagne)
Louis de Contet, Lord of the Aunay-sur-Marne, residing there, Place of Chaalons.

Azure, 3 winches Argent.

LE CORDELIER (native from Artois)
Jacques le Cordelier, Lord of Chenevières & Verneuil, residing there, Place of Espernay.

Azure, 2 garb Or, a quarter Argent, charged of a lion Sable..

CORDON (native from Brittany)
Joseph de Cordon, Lord of Montguyon. Nicolas, Daniel, Henry de Cordon, residing in Veuxaulles, Place of Langres. And Serené de Cordon, Lord of La Chaumière.

Ermine, 2 fess Gules.

COTHONNIER (native from Normandy)
Michel le Cothonnier, lord of La Rue. Nicolas Cothonnier, lord of Lonpré, residing in Poix, Place of Chaalons.

Argent, a cross Gules, charged of five escalops Or.

COURTOIS (native from Burgundy)
Oudart le Courtois, Lord of Blegnicourt. Pierre the Courteous one. And Josias Le Courtois, Lord of La Forest, residing in Troyes.

Azure, 3 blackberries Or, two & one.

COUSSY (native from Artois)
Pierre de Coussy, lord of Ogny. Nicolas de Coussy, lord of Louvrigny. Francois, & Antoine, residing in the Tours-sur-Marne, & Pierre de Coussy, lord of Velie, residing in Bisseuil, Place of Epernay.

Argent fimbriated Gules, & an edge Sable, six Ermines of the same, three in chief, two & one.

LA CROIX (native from Languedoc)
Claude, de la Croix, viscount of Semoine, & Francois, his brother, residing in Boulins, Place of Troyes.

Azure, a cross Or, charged of a crescent Gules..

CUGNON (native from Champagne)
Philippe de Cugnon, Lord of Saint-Benoist, there residing, Place of Chaalons. And Claude de Cugnon, Lord of Saint-Benoist, Place of Rethel.

Sable, 3 stirrups Argent, two & one.

CUISSOTTE (native from Champagne)
Nicolas de Cuissotte, Lord of Gizaucourt, ordinary State Counsellor.

Or, a bend Azure, charged of three alerions Argent ; quarterly, Gules, a eagle Or ; over all, Azure, a chevron Argent, accompanied of three bezants Or.

CULANT (native from Brye)
Louis de Culant, Lord of La Brosse & Courgivault, residing in La Montagne, Place of Sezanne..

Argent, semy of roundles Sable, a saltier engrailed Gules.

CUSSIGNY (native of Burgundy)
Philbert-Francois de Cussigny, Lord of Rivières-les-Fosses, residing there, Place of Langres.

Gules, a fess Argent, charged of three escutcheons Azure.

Armorial of Champagne : letter B

Bachelier
Henry Bachelier, Lord of Moncel, Treasurer of France, residing in Chaalons.

Azure to the cross indented Or, cantoned of four peacocks in their pride, affrontee Argent.

Baillet
François Baillet, Lord of the Planches, residing there. Claude Baillet, Lord of Daucourt, residing there, Place of Chaalons.

Argent, a lynx Proper, a chief Azure, charged with two spur rowels Or.

Balathier
Roger de Balathier, Lord of Lantage. Jacques de Balathier, Knight of Malta. Charles de Balathier, residing to that Lantage, Place of Bar-sur-Aube. And Antoine de Balathier, brothers.

Or, a fess Sable.

Balayne
Arnault de Balayne, Lord of Champaudos, & Claude, his brother, Lord of the place, residing there, Place of Sezanne.

Argent, a fess embattled.

Baleine
Charles de Baleine, Lord of Suzemont, residing there, Place of Bar-sur-Aube.

Argent, a lion Sable armed, langued and crowned Gules.

Balidart
Charles-Marcel de Balidart, Lord of Feligny, made a Genealogy separated from that of Guy de Balidart, Seigneur of Fligny. Nicolas de Balidart, Lord of Fligny, residing there, Place of Bar-sur-Aube. And Joachim de Balidart, Sieur de Doncourt, residing in Vernonvilliers, Place of the Bar-sur-Aube.

Argent, a fess Vert accompanied of seven martlets Sable, 4 in chief and 3 in base.

Baradat
François de Baradat, Lord of Damery, residing there, Place of Epernay. Gaspart, Viscount of Verneuil, residing there, of the same Place.

Azure, a fess Or, accompanied of three roses Argent 2 and 1.

Barbin
Mathias Barbin, Baron of Broyes, residing there, Place of Sezanne.

Azure, a chevron Or, accompanied of two roses Argent in chief and of a lion Or in base, which coats of arms, its majesty made it possible to add the old coats of arms of the house of Barnacles, which are Azure, 3 barnacles Or in fess, one on the other and this 1st and 4th, quarter.

Barge la
François of the Barge, Lord of Vougrey, residing in Lantages, Place of Bar-sur-Aube. And Jacob of the Barge, Lord of Champeaux & Vandieses, there residing, Place of Espernay. Jacob of the Barge, Lord of Ville, residing in Coizard, Place of Chaalons.

Argent, a bend Sable, accompanied in chief of a coronet of the same.

Bataille
Jean de Bataille, Lord of Chaltray, residing in Vilvenart, Place of Chaalons.

Azure, 3 fess in crenels Or.

Bauda
Esdras Bauda, residing in Chaumont-Saint-Quentin, Place of Rethel.

Or, 3 bends Gules.

Baudier
Antoine de Baudier, Lord of Virginy, residing there, Place of Rheims.

Argent, 3 Moor heads Sable, wreathed of the field.

Baussancourt
Louis de Baussancour, Lord of Petit-Mesnil & Chaumesnil. Jeanne de Rommecour, widow of François de Baussancour. Guy, Bernard, Nicole & François de Baussancour, his children. Antoinette de Ballidart, widow of Charles de Baussancour. Marie Maillet, widow of Pierre de Baussancour. Gaspart of Baussancour, & Claude de Baussancour, daugther, all residents to Petit-Mesnil, Election of Bar-sur-Aube, which made their genealogy separated from that of Marie Heudelot, widow of Gabriel de Baussancour, Sieur de Balignicourt, & René de Baussancour, his son.

Argent, a lion Sable, armed and allumee Argent, the tail forked and set in saltier, charged of a mullet Or on the sinister shoulder.

Bavre
Claude de Bavre, Lord of Chargey, residing in Saquenay, Place of Langres. And Jellops of Bavre, his sister.

Quarterly Argent, 1st and 4th, 3 Ermine Sable, 2nd and 3rd, 3 fess Gules.

Bazin
Jean-Baptiste Bazin, Lord of Bercenay, residing to that the place, Place of Troyes.

Azure, 3 coronets Or, fleury of five pieces.

Beaufort
Henry de Beaufort, Sieur de Launoy, residing in Ambly-sur-Aisne, Place of Rethel. Didier de Beaufort, Lord of Maujouy, residing in Givry, Place of Rheims. Jacques de Beaufort, Lord of La Loge, Viscount of the high Saint-Remy. And Louis de Beaufort, Sieur de Moivre, residing in high Saint-Remy, Place of Rheims.

Azure, a fort Argent, planted in waves of the same.

Beaufort
Menault of Beaufort, Sieur de Launay, Senior of the Advisers of Presidial of Chaalons.

Argent, 3 bends Gules.

Beaujeu
Antoine de Beaujeu, Lord of Chambroncourt & of Epizon, residing in Chambroncourt, Place of Chaumont.

Argent, 5 fess Gules.

Beaulieu
Jean de Beaulieu, Lord of Jeffe, residing in Vaudron, Place of Bar-sur-Aube.

Azure, a vol of 2 wings conjoined in base Argent, accompanied of two mullets in chief.

Beaumont
Charles-Claude de Beaumont, Lord of Saint-Estienne, Viscount of Chaumusy. And Francois, his brother.

Azure to the escutcheon in middle fess point Argent, a bend Gules debruising over all.

Beaurepaire
Claude de Beaurepaire, Lord of Coizard, residing there, Place of Chaalons. Claude, Charles, & François de Beaurepaire, his children.

Azure, a diamond enchased to a ring Or, the bordure intended of the same.

Beauvais
Louis de Beauvais, Lord of Autruches, residing there, Place of Rethel.

Argent, 3 pales Gules.

Beauvau
Françoise d'Alaumont, widow of Samuel de Beauvau, Lord of Vatimont. Jacques and Louis de Beauvau, Lords of Espense, there resident, Place of Chaalons. Antoinette de Beauvau, widow of Henry de la Marche-des-Comtes, Baron of l'Echelle, residing in Fontaine-Denis, Place of Sezanne. Salomonde Beauvau, Lord of Pôthieres. Margueritte Pasquet, widow of Maximilian de Beauvau, Lord of Bignipont, residing there, Place of Chaalons. Charles de Beauvau, Madelene & Antoinette, daugthers. Blanche Raulet, widow of Pierre de Beauvau, Lord of Merigny. Maximilian de Beauvau, Lord of the Merigny, residing in Villiers in Argogne, Place of Chaalons.

Quarterly Argent, 4 lions cantoned Gules, crowned, armed and langued Or, which is of Beauvau, lozengy Or and Gules which is of Craon.

Becu
Marie Le Lieur, widow of Louis de Becu, Lord of Flaucourt. And Claude, Nicole, Margueritte, Francoise and Henriette, her children. Claude de Becu, Lord of Flaucourt.

Argent, 3 ravens Sable.

Beffroy
Jean de Beffroy, Lord of the Grève, residing in Olizy, Place of Rheims. Philippe, Lord of Sausseuil, residing in Germont-sur-Bar, Place of Rethel. Nicolle de Sandras, widow of Pierre de Beffroy, Lord of Novion, resident at Aubreuil, Place of Rheims. Antoine, Lord of Coigny. Jean the older, Lord of Sausseuil. Pierre & Jean the young. Nicolas & Ferry of Beffroy, his children.

Sable, a lion Argent armed and langued Gules, the tail passed between the legs.

Begat
François Begat, residing in Jaffeyne, Place of Bar-sur-Aube. Françoise d'Anneau, widow of Charles Begat, Lord of Chalette. Daniel, Charles, Marie & Daisy Begat, his/her children, residents to Chalette, Place of Bar-sur-Aube.

Sable, a cross engrailed Argent, cantoned 1st and 4th, of two mullets of the same.

Bel le
Barbe d'Y, widow of Hierosme Le Bel, Seigneur of Sors, adviser to the Presidial of Rheims, there resident.

Argent, a fess Azure, charged of three buckles Or, accompanied in chief of two boar's heads Sable, tusked Argent and of a mullet of the same in base.

Bellanger
Charles de Bélanger, Lord of Blacy. Louis de Bélanger, Lord of the place, & of Fontenay, there residing, Place of Troyes. Marie the Boilerman, widow of Philips of Bélanger, Lord of Torotte. Jacques, Philips, Marie, Elizabeth, Anne, Marie de Bélanger, his children, residing in Blacy, Place of Vitry.

Azure, a chevron Or.

Bellay
Salomon du Bellay, Lord of Soisy-au-bois. Louis of Bellay, Lord of Chevigny.

Argent, a bend fusilly Gules, accompanied of six fleur de lys Azure, 3 in chief 2, and 1 and 3 in base, set in bend.

Belloy
Hercules, Count of Behoy & Montaguilloa, Lord of Villenauxe, Lieutenant General for His Majesty to the Government of Champagne & Brie, residing to that Villenauxe, Place of Troyes.

Argent, 3 fess Gules.

Benaist
Antoinette de Benaist, widow of Laurent Bruslé, Lord of the Fontaine, there resident, Place of Sezanne.

Or, a eagle displayed Gules (double-headed).

Berey
Edme de Berey, Lord of Vaudes, residing there, Place of Troyes. Jean de Berey, residing to the low Villeneuve, Place of Troyes. Charles de Berey, their brother, & Jacqueline de Berey, resident at Cuffangy, Place of Bar-sur-Aube.

Azure, a chevron Argent accompanied of three spur rowels of the same.

Berle
Nicolas & Claude de Berles, residing in Thiefrain, Place of Bar-sur-Aube. And Antoine, Lord of Maffrecour, residing there, Place of Chaalons.

Azure, a saltier Or, accompanied of four lions, armed and langued Gules.

Berman
Claude-Louis de Bermand, Lord of Yzemain. François-Louis & Estienne, Lords of Mortault, there resident, Place of Chaumont. Louise Aymé, widow of Charles de Bermand.

Or to the bear Sable, unguled and langued Gules, holding a mirror with the two upper feet.

Bermondes
Hélène Godet, widow of Louis de Bermondes, Seigneur of Concourt, residing there, Election of Troyes. Charles & Hélène de Bermondes, his children. François de Bermondes, Lord of Escrienne, residing there, Place of Vitry.

Or, a cross trefly Vert ; quarterly, Or, a lion Gules ; over all, Gules, 2 pales Or, charged of a fess Azure overcharged of three lozenges of the second.

la Berquerie
Marguerite, Magdelene, & Claude de la Berquerie.

Azure, 3 mullets Or, 2 in chief and 1 in base.

Berruyer
Charles de Berruyer, Lord of Bussy, residing to the Grand-Cour, Place of Troyes.

Azure, 3 pots or cups Or, covered ; support, two leopards ; crest, a naissant savage ; motto : meliora sequentur.

Berry
Antoine de Bery, Lord of Varigny, residing in Beaurepaire, Place of Rheims.

Or, a bend Sable pierced of three bastons of the same : two lions Gules for supporters and naissant for crest.

Berziau
François Berziaux, lord of Moulins, Prior of Montfelix. And Scipion of Berziaux, lord of Moulins, there residing, Place of Epernay.

Azure, 3 trefoils Or.
Bethoulat
Paul de Bethoulat, Lord of Archy, residing in Beze, Place of Langres, & Catherine, her sister.

Gules, a lion Or, 3 towers Argent in chief.

Besannes
Lord of Taiffy, there residing, Place of Rheims. And Anne de Bezannes.

Azure semy of bezants Or, a lion Argent over all.

Blanc le
Estienne le Blanc, Lord of Croix-sur-Marne, general Lieutenant of Vitry, residing there.

Or, per fess to two thirds in chief, an eagle with 2 heads Sable (double-headed), and the other third in base, Azure.

Blois
François de Blois, Lord of Sausotte, Place of Troyes. And Louis, his brother, & Louis, Lord of the Court, residing there, Place of Troyes.

Argent, 2 fess Gules, charged each of three annulets Or.

Blondeau
Jean de Blondeau, residing in Boureules, Place of Chaalons.

Sable, 3 bezants Argent, two and one.

Boham
Louis de Bohan, Count of Nanteuil. Robert de Bohan, Viscount of Bac, & Charles de Bohan, residing in Bac, Place of Rheims.

Sable, a bend Or, accompanied of two bendlets of the same.

Bohier
Estienne Bohier, Lord of Orfeuil, residing in Trouan, Place of Troyes.

Or to the lion Azure, a chief Gules.

Dubois
Jean du Bois, Lord of Escordal. And Charles du Bois, Lord of Momby & of Escordal, there residing, Place of Rethel.

Argent, 5 Ermine Sable 3 and 2.

Dubois
Pierre du Bois, Lord of Cognet, residing in Seu, Place of Troyes. Louise des Forges, widow of Thibaut of Wood, Lords of Villatte, residing in Queudes, Place of Sezanne.

Azure, a lion Or.

Bois du
Denise Mariotte, widow of Didier du Bois, lord of Corchamp, Place of Langres. George, Jean, Anne, Marie, Gabriel & Claude du Bois, his children.

Azure, a saltier Argent, accompanied of three doves Or, 1 in chief and 2 in flanch.

Bollogne
Claude de Bologne, Lord of Bonnecourt, residing in Nogent, Place of Langres.

Or, 3 roundles Gules; quarterly Gules, semy of fleur de lys Or; over all Azure, a bend Or.

Bonnille
Antoine de Bonnille, Lord of Bernon. Jean, his brother, residing in Beaufort, Place of Troyes. Caterine, residing to that Beaufort. Guy-Modeste of Bonnille, Lord of Bernon & Arrentieres, there residing, Place of Vitry.

Azure, a chevron Or, accompanied of three mullets of the same 2 and 1.

Boubers
Jacques de Boubers, Lord of Rieux, residing to that the place, Place of Sezanne. Philips, Sieur de Doucigny. And Martin, Lord of Antilly, residing in Charleville, aforesaid Place.

Or, 3 eagles Sable, beaked and membered Gules.

Boucher
Charlotte Juliot de la Burye, widow of Antoine de Boucher, Lord of Plessis-sous-Barbaise, residing in Lusigny, Place of Troyes. Paul, Antoine & Charles de Boucher, his children. Charles de Boucher, Lord of Marcilly, residing in Chantemerle, Place of Troyes. Louis de Boucher, Lord of Plessis-sous-Barbaise, residing in Paris.

Gules semy of crosslets Argent, a lion Argent over all, armed and langued Sable; supporters: two bears Sable; crest: the helmet in front, surmounted of an unicorn, issuant Argent, armed of the same.

Boucher
Estienne-Jacques de Boucher; Georges & Michel de Boucher, Lord of Palis, there resident, Place of Troyes.

Argent, 3 crayfishes Gules, 2 and 1.

Boucher
René Boucher, Lord of Richebourg & Montlaurent, residing in Chardeny, Place of Rethel. Jeanne de Cleves, widow of René Boucher, Lord of Avanson, residing there, Place of Rheims.

Azure, 3 mullets Or, a crescent Argent in heart.

Boucherat
Charles Boucherat, Lord of Rocatelle, residing there, Place of Troyes. Jean Boucherat, Lord of Nogent, residing there. Christophe Boucherat, Lord of Athies & of Pringy. Sara, Jeanne, Marie, & Philippe Boucherat.

Azure, a cock Or, combed, jelloped and unguled Gules.

Boulleur le
Louis & Claude Bouleur, Lords of Plessis & of Avrecour, there resident, Place of Langres.

Quarterly : 1st, Azure, 3 balls Or chained and a chevron of the same; 2nd, Argent, 3 Ermine Sable set in fess; 3rd, Gules, 3 chevrons Argent; and 4th, Azure, a lion Or, armed and langued Sable.

Bourg
Charles du Bourg, Lord of Blives, there residing, Place of Troyes.

Azure, 3 stalk of spine Argent.

Bourgeois
Jean de Bourgeois, Lord of La Fosse, Keeps Body of the King, residing in Ventelay, Election of Rheims, which made its separate Genealogy of with Samuel de Bourgeois, residing in Oye, Election of Sezanne, which also did his.

Azure, a fess Argent, surmounted of a crescent of the same, and a rose in base also of the same.

Bournonville
Charles de Bournonville, Lord of La Loge, residing in Logny. Jean de Bournonville, also residing to that Logny. Jacques, Lord of Chastillon-on-Bar, residing there, Place of Rethel. Hierosme, Lord of Oiselet, residing there, Place of Bar-sur-Aube. Suzanne, Nicole, Marie, & Daisy, resident in Bogny, Election of Rethel, which made their Genealogy separated from that of Fery, Lordof Saint-Marceau, residing there. And Joachim de Bournonville, Lord of Avy, residing there, Place of Rheims.

Sable, a lion Argent, crowned of the same, armed Or langued Gules, the tail forked and set in saltier.

Boutillac
François-Abel de Boutillac, Lord of Arfon, residing in Doux, Place of Rethel.

Argent, 3 barrels Gules, 2 in chief and 1 in base; and for supporters: two lions Or.

Bouzonville
Hugues de Bouzonville, lord of Sery, & Anne, her sister, residing in Romagne, Place of Rheims.

Azure, 3 bends Argent.
Boy
Jean Boy, Lord of Fresne, residing in Locy, Place of Rethel.

Azure, 2 swords Argent in saltire, tips in top, accompanied of a rose Argent in chief and a crescent in base of the same.

Brabant
Jacques de Brabant, Lord of Maraut, residing in Essey-les-Ponts, Place of Chaumont.

Gules, a bend Or, charged of a moor head wreathed Argent and accompanied of two hatchets Argent, garnished and linked Or.

Braux
Nicolas Braux, lord of Fasniere. Pierre Braux, lord of Saint-Valéry, elected official in Chaalons. Jacques Braux, lord of Vitry-the-City partly. And Nicolas Braux, lord of Sorton, Treasurer of France in Chaalons.

Gules, a wyvern winged Or.

Bretel
Antoine de Bretel, Lord of Valentigny, residing there, Place of Bar-sur-Aube.

Argent, 3 martlets Gules, 2 and 1, a chief Azure, charged of a mullet Or.

Bridot
Barthélémy de Bridot, Lord of La Motte.

Azure, a chevron Or, accompanied of three mullets of the same.

Brie
François de Brie, Lord of Champrond, residing in Montreuil, Place of Sezanne.

Gules, 2 battle axes Argent, the maunch fimbriated Sable; crest: helmet in front, surmounted of a hand, holding a battle axe.

Pregrimault ou Briquemau
Elizabeth de la Marche des Comte, widow of Jacques de Briquemault, lord of Premartin, residing in Saint-Loup, Place of Rethel. Henry & Marius de Briquemault.

Gules, 3 fess Or, charged of a bend Ermine debruising over all.

Briseur
Hector de Briseur, Lord of the Pars, residing in Ville-sur-Terre, Place of Troyes.

Azure, 2 heads of ram Or in chief and a moor head Proper in base, wreathed Argent.

Brulart
Louis Brulart, Marquis de Sillery, residing there, Place of Rheims.

Gules, a bend Or, charged of a trail and of five tuns Sable.

Brune
Henry de Brune, Lord of La Borde, residing in Pestang-Claudin, Parraine Montmort, Election of Epernay.

Azure, a chevron Or, accompanied of two mullets in chief and of a boar's head in base Or, the eyes Argent, langued Gules.

Bruiere la
Christophe de la Bruyère, Lord of Caumont, residing in Belval, Place of Epernay. Francois, Alexandre, Robert & Jean de la Bruyère, his children, residing to that Belval.

Azure, a lion Or accompanied of three Ermines, 2 in chief and 1 in base.

Budé
Estienne Budé, & Estienne Budé, his son, Lord of La Motte Saint-Loup, residing in this place, Place of Troyes.

Argent, a chevron Gules, accompanied of three grapes Purpure, 2 and 1.
Burtel
Claude de Roubion, widow of Henry de Burtel, Lord of La Lande, residing in Chevillon, Place of Vitry.
Argent, a lion Sable langued Gules.

Bussy
Nicolas de Bussy, Lord of Ogny, residing there, Place of Rheims.

Azure, a split chevron and three mullets Or, 2 in chief and 1 in base.

Butor
Jean de Butor, Lord of Montigny, residing in Luzigny, Place of Troyes.

Argent, 3 escalops Gules, a quarter Azure; quarterly Or, a chevron Gules, accompanied of three trefoils Vert.

French Empire Nobility

The armorial of the nobility of the French first empire describes the blazons of various families starting from the letters patent of ennoblement.

Sources :
1/ Titres et armoiries du Premier Empire (1808-1815), CHAN,
http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/
2/ SOCIÉTÉ DE L'HISTOIRE DE LA RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE, LISTE DES MEMBRES DE LA NOBLESSE IMPÉRIALE DRESSÉE D'APRÈS LES REGISTRES DE LETTRES PATENTES CONSERVÉS AUX ARCHIVES NATIONALES, PAR EMILE CAMPARDON, PARIS, AU SIÈGE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ, 1889.
3/ Album des armoiries concédées par lettres patentes de Napoléon 1er, Albert Révérend, 1911.