Blois (Châtillon)

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

Blazon

De gueules à trois pals de vair, au chef d'or.

Original entry: 3 pales & chief · G ZO · a.o. · Champagne · 1375

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: Chatillon, Châtillon-sur-Marne
Identified as: Blois (Châtillon), Châtillon, Châtillon C.Blois, Cy.Blois, Guillaume, Sr de Châtillon & la Ferté-en-Ponthieu, Guy de Châtillon C.Blois, Pierre de Luxembourg-Ligny C.St Pol

In medieval armorials

Cambrai 1269 (1269) no. 7 “.. (jean c.blois)” · crest: swan's head betw wings
Walford (1273) no. 25 “earl of blois”
Camden (1280) no. 31 “earl of blois”
Charles (1285) no. 8 “[bloys]”
Le Breton (1300) no. 77 “le qte de bloys”
Le Breton (1300) no. 894 “chatillon”
Cooke's Book (1320) no. 54 “sainpoll”
Navarre (1375) no. 1074, fol. 109n1 “le conte de blés, de gueules a iii paus et a un chief d'or”

Tinctures

gueules (field)

or (ordinary)

vair (ordinary)

Charges

chef (ordinary)

3× pal (ordinary)

Parsed structure (AST)

{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "gueules",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "pal",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "vair",
        "category": "fur"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "or",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    }
  ]
}