Name
Kater
7 coats of arms in 4 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.
Papworth, Ordinary of British Armorials (1874) and Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms (Scotland, 1893): sort arms by their design and name who bears them.
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.
Coats of arms of the name
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Kater Burke (General Armory)
Azure on a bend engrailed or, between two fleurs-de-lis argent an eagle with two heads displayed sable
Attested in Papworth’s Ordinary (1) · see the citations →
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DE KATER D’Hozier · Bretagne
De gueules, à un vaisseau d'or, voguant sur une mer de sinople, et un chef d'argent chargé de trois têtes de nègre de sable, bandées d'argent et posées de front
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Kater Fox-Davies (Armorial Families)
Quarterly, 1 and 4, azure on a bend engrailed or, between two fleurs-de-lys argent an eagle with two heads displayed sable (for Kater); 2. gules, a chevron vairy or and azure, between three roses argent (for Reeve); 3. gules, a leg in armour, couped at the thigh between two spears erect, points upward.
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Cater ou Kater Rietstap · Groningue
D'or à la bande ou barre d'azur, chargé d'un matou passant du champ, posé dans le sens de la bande ou de la barre, la tête de front.
Attested in Renesse’s dictionary (1 mention) · see the citations →
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Kater Rietstap · Guyenne
De gueules à un vaisseau d'or, voguant sur une mer de sinople; au chef d'argent, chargé de trois têtes de More, bandées d'argent, posées de front
Attested in Renesse’s dictionary (1 mention) · see the citations →
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Kater Rietstap · Amsterdam; Hollande-Septentrionale +1
De gueules à trois têtes de matou d'argent, posées de face
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Kater (de) Rietstap · Hollande
D'azur à une tête de matou d'argent, bouclée d'or, posée de face