Name
Gourdeau
3 coats of arms in 2 sources
Attestations: what are they?
Some arms carry an “Attested: in Renesse’s dictionary…” or “in … Ordinary” note. It points to a reference work, separate from the armorial that gives the blazon, where this name appears with these arms. It is independent corroboration: two books that agree are worth more than one.
Renesse, Dictionnaire des figures héraldiques (1894–1903): files families by charge (lion, cross…); it cites the family under the charges of its arms.
Only sure matches are counted (same name in Renesse, a confirmed entry in Papworth). Each coat’s page lists every citation, with a link to the scanned printed page.
The parser reads these blazons the same way. Each source keeps its own text, shown here: a word the parser does not keep can tell them apart.
Read identically in 2 sources (2 coats of arms)
- Gourdeau Beauchet-Filleau (Familles du Poitou) · Poitou
- Gourdeau Rietstap · Maine — Attested : in Renesse’s dictionary (1 mention)
- Beauchet-Filleau (Familles du Poitou) D'argent à l'aigle à deux têtes éployée, de sable, onglée et becquée de gueules.
- Rietstap D'argent à l'aigle de sable, becqué et membré de gueules
Other coats of arms of the name
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Gourdeau de la Groizardière Rietstap · Poitou
generatedArgent, an eagle Sable beaked and membered Or