Armorial of the House of Lusignan


The coats of arms, flags, and badges of the House of Lusignan, royal family in the Levant during the Crusades.

First House of Lusignan

Including attributed arms.

French Nobility

Cognac

BlazonPeriodDescription
12th-13th CenturyLords of Cognac
Barry silver and azure eight parts, the label Gules.

Lezay

BlazonPeriodDescription
12th-13th CenturyLords of Lezay
Barry silver and azure, nine martlets in orle gules surmounted to fair canton gules.

Vouvant

BlazonPeriodDescription
12th-13th CenturyGeoffroy I and II of Lusignan, lords of Vouvant and Mervent
Barry of ten argent and azure a lion counter-rampant gules.
Motto: QVI PLVS MORTIS CONPTEMTOR QVAM LEO FORTIS "Who fears death less than lion's strength."

Issoudun

BlazonPeriodDescription
13th CenturyCounts of Eu and Lords of Issoudun
Raoul Ier, first lord of Issoudun and count of Eu, was the younger brother of Hugh IX of Lusignan.
Barry of ten argent and azure a label of three points gules

Rochefoucauld

BlazonPeriodDescription
10th-12th CenturyLords of Rochefoucauld
Barry of ten argent and azure three chevrons that in chief couped gules
Motto: C'est mon plaisir "It was my pleasure"

Parthenay

BlazonPeriodDescription
11th-15th CenturyLords of Parthenay and Retz
Barry of ten argent and azure a bend gules

English Nobility

Valence

BlazonPeriodDescription
1225–1247Guillaume de Lusignan
Personal arms of Guillaume de Lusignan, uterine half brother of King Henry III
Barry of ten argent and azure a label of five points gules on each point three lions. Supported with a wyvern on each side.
1247–1324Lords of Valencia, Earls of Pembroke and Wexford
Guillaume de Lusignan, known as William de Valence, moved with his brothers and sister to England the request of their half brother King Henry III. Henry made William the Earl of Pembroke.
Barry of ten Argent and Azure an orle of martlets Gules

Hastings

BlazonPeriodDescription
1313–1389Earls of Pembroke

Quarterly, 1 and 4, or, a maunch gules ; 2 and 3, barruly argent and azure, an orle of martlets

Jerusalem Royal Family

BlazonPeriodDescription
1159–1268Kings of Jerusalem
Personal arms of Guy de Lusignan, then used as the arms of the Lusignan Kings of Jerusalem after his death until 1268.
Quarterly, 1 and 4 in blue with the silver cross and 2 and 3 barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion rampant, armed, langued and crowned with gold stitching on the whole.
1335–1385Prince of Galilee

Quarterly, 1 and 4 in silver, a cross of gold, between four crosses of the same and 2 and 3 barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion gules armed langued and crowned with gold stitching on the whole.

Royal Family of Jerusalem and Cyprus

Second House of Lusignan

Royal Family of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia

Flags

FlagPeriodDescription
12th-14th CenturiesFlag of Lusignan Kings of Cyprus
Flag from Kyrenia Castle. The fleur-de-lis symbolised the Lusignan's French ancestry and the cross symbolized Jerusalem and the Holy Sepulchre.
FlagPeriodDescription
14th CenturyFlag of Lusignan Kings of Armenia

Symbols

Roses, lions, dragons and mermaids were Lusignan symbols and heraldic elements.