Dreux (Capet)

family·FR·strict·Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials)

Blazon

Échiqueté d'or et d'azur, à la bordure de gueules.

Original entry: checky & border · O BG · Ile-de-France · 1202

Blazon written automatically by Enquerre from the coded entry of Steen Clemmensen’s public database, Ordinary of Medieval Armorials (v2.1, 2020), used with the author’s permission. armorial.dk

Other names

Also called: Dreux
Identified as: C.Dreux, Cy.Dreux, Dreux, Jean III C.Dreux, Jean (II) 'le Bon' C.Dreux, Robert III C.Dreux

In medieval armorials

Cambrai 1269 (1269) no. 3 “robert comte de dreux” · crest: fleur-de-lis royal
Wijnberghen (1270) no. 3
Wijnberghen (1270) no. 895
Walford (1273) no. 26 “earl of brain”
Compiegne 1278 (1278) no. 330 “li comte de dreus”
Vermandois (1295) no. 727 “le conte de dreues”
Ost-de-Flandre (1297) no. 22 “le conte de dreux echequete d or et d azur a une bordure de gueules”
Le Breton (1300) no. 106 “le qte de dreux”

Tinctures

azur (field)

gueules (ordinary)

or (field)

Charges

bordure (ordinary)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "échiqueté",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "azur",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "bordure",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      }
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}