Alfter

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

Blazon

Burelé d'or et de gueules, au lion couronné d'argent à la queue fourchée brochant sur le tout.

Original entry: barruly & lion q.f. cr. · X A OG · Geldern · 1386

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

Identified as: Conrad von Alfter, Marschall von Köln

In medieval armorials

Bigot (1254) no. 56 “le marechax d'alsegne”
Le Blancq (1380) no. 2635 “alfteren”
Le Blancq (1380) no. 3570 “alftren”
Bellenville (1386) no. 241 “alstren”
Bellenville (1386) no. 956 “alften alften”
Gelre (1386) no. 65 “maerscale van alsteren” · crest: hoof
Bergshammar (1450) no. 1350 “marscalc vâ alfteren” · crest: hoof
Ingeram (1459) no. 875, fol. 224n1 “dye von der alffter” · crest: hoof

Tinctures

argent (charge)

gueules (field)

or (field)

Charges

lion (meuble)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "burelé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "gueules",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "couronné",
        "fourchée",
        "brochant"
      ],
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "part": true,
          "verb": "",
          "attitudes": [
            "fourchée",
            "brochant",
            "brochant sur le tout"
          ],
          "charge_name": "queue"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}