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
Blazon | Period | Description |
12th-13th Century | Lords of Cognac Barry silver and azure eight parts, the label Gules. |
Lezay
Blazon | Period | Description |
12th-13th Century | Lords of Lezay Barry silver and azure, nine martlets in orle gules surmounted to fair canton gules. |
Vouvant
Blazon | Period | Description |
12th-13th Century | Geoffroy 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
Blazon | Period | Description |
13th Century | Counts 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
Blazon | Period | Description |
10th-12th Century | Lords 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
Blazon | Period | Description |
11th-15th Century | Lords of Parthenay and Retz Barry of ten argent and azure a bend gules |
English Nobility
Valence
Blazon | Period | Description |
1225–1247 | Guillaume 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. | |
1247–1324 | Lords 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
Blazon | Period | Description |
1313–1389 | Earls of Pembroke Quarterly, 1 and 4, or, a maunch gules ; 2 and 3, barruly argent and azure, an orle of martlets |
Jerusalem Royal Family
Blazon | Period | Description |
1159–1268 | Kings 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. | |
1335–1385 | Prince 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
Flag | Period | Description |
12th-14th Centuries | Flag 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. | |
Flag | Period | Description |
14th Century | Flag of Lusignan Kings of Armenia |