Blazons of Germany - I
This collection presents 106 German-linked shield entries beginning with I from Johannes Baptista Rietstap’s Armorial Général. The blazons are translated into English with heraldic abbreviations written out in full.
Localities and family branches identify the particular arms recorded. Distinct versions included in this selection are kept separate, and every surname heading ends with Coat of Arms. This is a selected collection, not a complete transcription of every I entry in Rietstap.
Scope and reading: The series includes entries associated with Germany and historical German states and regions. Historical labels such as Prussia and Silesia are retained; they do not describe modern borders or establish a single nationality. The descriptions are shield blazons; crests, helmets, mantling and supporters are omitted. Unspecified tinctures are not invented. Arms belong to particular armigerous families and branches, rather than everyone sharing a surname.
Sources: Rietstap’s Armorial Général, second edition, volume I and volume II. Each entry links to its original page. The Enquerre Rietstap index was used as a finding aid and transcription reference.
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Browse surnames: Ib · Ic · Id · If · Ig · Ih · Ik · Il · Im · In · Ip · Ir · Is · It · Iv · Iw
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Editorial progress: This collection has been expanded through manual translation and review of Rietstap’s printed pages, including additional family branches omitted from the finding aid. Source ambiguities, remaining cross-references and wider coverage are still under review. Unspecified tinctures are identified rather than supplied.
Ib surnames
Ibach Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent three oak leaves Gules, each set upon one of the three peaks of a mount Or.
Ibach de Haldenberg Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent three oak leaves Gules, each set upon one of the three peaks of a mount Or; second and third, Argent a pair of shears Gules bendwise, their points uppermost.
Ibell Coat of Arms
Nassau, Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules two bars Argent, also described as barry of four Gules and Argent; second and third, Azure three stars Argent. Overall a demi-mermaid proper, her hair loose, holding in her dexter hand a rose Gules stalked Vert and in her sinister hand a serpent Vert, its head to sinister and its body undulating in pale.
Iber Coat of Arms
Brunswick.
Azure a fess between three closed helmets Argent, each seen in profile, the helmet in base inverted.
Iberg Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Argent, three axes gules.
Swabia.
Gules two spades Argent in saltire, their blades uppermost.
Iberle Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Or a lion Azure holding a sword Argent; the field mantled Azure with curved dividing lines, each side charged with a star Or.
Ibscher (Edle von) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: in chief, Or three four-petalled roses Gules in fess; in base, Gules a lion passant Or; over the partition a fess Argent.
Ic surnames
Ickstatt auf Ramelsberg (Barons) Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Nassau.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure two crescents with human faces Argent, back to back, beneath a star Or; second and third, Gules on a fess Or three acorns without leaves proper, their stalks upward. Overall an escutcheon Or charged with a demi-lion Sable crowned Or.
Id surnames
Idensen Coat of Arms
Hanover.
Per fess sable and gules.
Idsinga de Norden Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Azure three spur rowels of five or six points Or, alternatively Argent.
If surnames
Ifflinger de Granegg (Barons) Coat of Arms
Württemberg.
Gules a lime tree eradicated, bearing five leaves, all Or.
Ig surnames
Igel Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, or a demi-eagle sable issuing from the vertical division; second and third, azure a hedgehog or, that in the second quarter in bend and that in the third in bend sinister. Overall a narrow cross pattée gules.
Igl Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Gules the iron head of a currycomb Argent.
Igler Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per bend: first, or, a hedgehog sable in bend; second, sable.
Ih surnames
Ihering Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Azure a demi-stag proper between two trefoils Vert, all issuing from a mount Vert.
Iherini Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Azure a griffin Or.
Ik surnames
Ike (Barons) Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess: first, Argent a demi-eagle Sable, beaked Or and charged on the breast with a crescent Or; second, Gules three trefoils Argent, two and one.
Il surnames
Ilem Coat of Arms
Jülich.
Or on a fess Sable three bezants.
Jülich; alternative arms.
Sable on a fess Or three plates.
Ilgen Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Gules a fess Argent charged with three four-petalled roses Gules seeded Or, between four fleurs-de-lis Argent, one in chief and three in base arranged two and one; on a canton Azure a royal crown Or.
Illenfeld or Ehlefeld Coat of Arms
Pomerania, Mecklenburg.
Azure two battle-axes Argent hafted Sable in saltire.
Illenkhofer Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per pale Sable and Argent.
Illin Coat of Arms
Kempten, Bavaria.
Sable three garbs Or.
Illow (Barons) Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly Or and Azure, overall a wreath of fleurs-de-lis Gules.
Illowski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Argent a wall embattled Gules masoned Sable occupying the lower half of the field, a demi-lion Or issuing from the wall and holding in its dexter paw a ring Or from which hang three keys Or.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Prawdzic. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Prawdzic arms
Illsung de Cunaberg (Barons) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, gules a fess dancetty argent; second, sable a fess dancetty argent.
Illsung de Tratzberg (Barons) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Gules a fess dancetty Argent; second, Sable a fess dancetty Argent.
Illsung de Vischach (Barons) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Gules a fess dancetty Argent; second, Sable a fess dancetty Argent.
Illthoren Coat of Arms
Lübeck.
Gules a hunting horn Argent stringed Or, its mouthpiece to dexter.
Ilten Coat of Arms
Hanover.
Azure two greyhounds courant Argent, collared Or, one above the other.
Im surnames
Imadingen Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Or a pair of stag's antlers Sable.
Imbert Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Or, mantled with curved dividing lines also Or, each of the three sections charged with a poplar tree eradicated Vert.
Imbsen Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Azure three roses in fess between six billets, three in chief and three in base, all Argent.
Imfeldt Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable a garb Or; second and third, Gules a crane in its vigilance Argent.
Imhof Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Gules a demi-lion Or issuing from the partition; second, Argent a bear's paw Sable bendwise sinister, its claws downward.
Imhof d'Untermeitingen Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per pale Gules and Argent, an annulet counterchanged; second and third, Gules mantled Argent with curved dividing lines. Overall an escutcheon Gules charged with a sea-lion Or.
Imhof de Günzelhofen Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules a sea-lion Or with its tail Azure; second and third, Argent three bends sinister embattled Gules.
Imhof de Mörlach Coat of Arms
Reuss-Schleiz.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent three oxen's heads and necks Sable, langued and horned Gules; second and third, per pale Gules and Argent, an annulet counterchanged. Overall an escutcheon Gules charged with a sea-lion Or.
Imhof de Spielberg Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Gules, a sea-lion or.
Imhof de Trebgast Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent three oxen's heads and necks Sable.
Imhof de Wart (Barons) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules a sea-lion Or with its tail Azure; second and third, Argent three bends sinister embattled Gules.
Immendorf Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess: first, per fess Argent and Gules, overall a lion's paw proper palewise grasping a rose Gules stalked and leaved Vert; second, Sable a crown Or, the field mantled with curved dividing lines, the mantling per fess Argent and Gules with a rose Gules on the Argent.
Immlin Coat of Arms
Heilbronn, Württemberg.
Per bend Gules and Sable, on a bend Or over the partition three horseflies proper aligned with the bend.
Imsland zu Hofstetten Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Azure a lion Or wearing a princely cap and charged on the breast with an escutcheon Gules bearing a Maltese cross Argent.
Imsland, Count of Hocheneck Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Azure, a lion rampant or surmounted by a princely cap and charged on its breast with an escutcheon gules bearing a Maltese cross argent. The tincture of the princely cap is not specified.
Imslender Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per pale: first, sable, a lamb rampant argent; second, bendy of four sable and or.
Imstenrath Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Gules an escutcheon Argent charged with a fess wavy Gules, within nine escallops Argent in orle.
Imthurn Coat of Arms
Baden.
Azure a lion's head and neck Or, langued Gules.
In surnames
Inama auf Sternegg Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Tyrol.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable a lion Or on a terrace Vert, the lion in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Argent a forearm palewise issuing from the base, vested Gules, the hand proper holding a star Or.
Inckhover Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent three eagles Sable, two and one, enclosed within a large annulet Or.
Inden Coat of Arms
Aachen.
Per fess Gules and Argent, a lion Or on the Gules and Gules on the Argent.
Indenmuth de Löwenberg (Edle von) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, azure three rocks argent side by side issuing from below; second and third, argent a lion rampant gules crowned or.
Bavaria; grant of 1732.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or a demi-eagle Sable crowned Or issuing from the vertical partition; second and third, Argent a lion Gules crowned Or. Overall a flared point Azure charged with three rocks Argent side by side, issuing from its base.
Inderhell Coat of Arms
Germany.
Argent a bird Vert holding in its beak three roses Gules stalked Vert; the field mantled Sable with curved dividing lines, each side charged with a sun Or.
Ingelheim Coat of Arms
Rhine Province, Hesse.
Sable, a cross chequy or and gules.
Ingelheim, called Echter von und zu Mespelbrunn Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Prussia, Baden, Hesse, Nassau.
Quarterly: first and fourth, sable a cross chequy or and gules; second and third, azure a bend argent charged with three annulets azure.
Ingenhaeff Coat of Arms
Cleves, Saxony, Denmark.
Gules, a bend argent between two lions rampant of the same.
Ingenheim Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent an eagle Sable, beaked and membered Or and surmounted by a royal crown, with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or on each wing and the intertwined letters FR Or beneath a crown Or on its breast, the eagle in the fourth quarter facing sinister; second and third, Gules three roses Argent, those in the third quarter arranged one and two. Overall an escutcheon Or charged with a fox rampant Gules.
Editorial note: The named Prussian eagle is expanded using Rietstap’s dictionary definition.
Rietstap: original page scan · Rietstap: dictionary of heraldic terms
Ingenheim (Barons) Coat of Arms
Alsace.
Argent a fess dancetty Sable.
Ingenhove Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Azure, a fess or, in chief three stars of the same.
Ingenhoven Coat of Arms
Cleves.
Or a fess Sable fretty Or.
Westphalia.
Argent, three fesses sable.
Ingermann Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess: first, azure three roses or, stalked and leaved or, issuing from the division; second, gules a dove argent in flight.
Ingersleben Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Argent a pentagram Sable, each of its five points ornamented with a rose Gules.
Ingoldt Coat of Arms
Strasbourg.
Gules three fleurs-de-lis Argent.
Ingolstetter Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per fess Or and Argent, a fess raguly Sable over the partition.
Ingram Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria.
Gules, a horse rearing argent.
Innhausen und Knyphausen Coat of Arms
Hanover.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or a lion Sable armed and langued Gules; second and third, Argent a winged dragon Sable collared Or. Overall an escutcheon per pale Vert and Sable charged with a lion Argent crowned Or.
Innhausen und Knyphausen de Lützburg (Barons von) Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or a lion Sable armed and langued Gules, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Argent a winged dragon Sable collared Or, that in the third quarter facing sinister. Overall an escutcheon per pale Vert and Sable charged with a lion Argent.
Innhausen und Knyphausen zu Eltern Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or a lion Sable armed and langued Gules, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Gules a cross Or between twenty billets Or, five in each canton arranged two, one and two.
Innhausen und Knyphausen, Count and Baron zu Eltern und Vogelsang Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or a lion Sable; second and third, Gules a cross Or between twenty billets Or, five in each canton arranged two, one and two. Overall an escutcheon quarterly: first and fourth, Or an eagle Gules with a star Gules in sinister chief; second, Gules a knight fully armed Argent, his visor lowered, mounted on a horse galloping Argent, within a bordure indented Argent; third, Argent a winged dragon Sable collared Or. On the centre of this escutcheon a further escutcheon Or charged with a lion Sable armed and langued Gules.
Intobler Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Or, on a chief sable three lozenges or.
Ip surnames
Iphofen Coat of Arms
Schneeberg, Saxony.
Azure a mattock bendwise over a spade bendwise sinister, both Argent.
Ir surnames
Irdinger Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure, a unicorn rampant argent.
Irmensee Coat of Arms
Swabia, Switzerland.
Gules a dolphin Argent curved in a semicircle with its back toward the chief, supported by a mount Or.
Irmtraut Coat of Arms
Württemberg.
Argent an ibex rampant Sable.
Irmtraut called Werkamp Coat of Arms
Württemberg.
Argent an ibex rampant Sable.
Irnich Coat of Arms
Cleves.
Argent a fess Sable, in dexter chief a blackbird Sable beaked Gules.
Irnichoven Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Quarterly Or and Gules.
Irnsinger Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Heilbronn.
Quarterly argent and gules, a star counterchanged.
Irwing Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Argent three sprigs of holly Vert, each bearing three leaves and tied Gules.
Is surnames
Isenbeckh Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per pale Or and Argent, six square tiles Sable joined corner to corner in bend over all, between two stars Gules, one in sinister chief and one in dexter base.
Isenburg-Birstein Coat of Arms
Württemberg.
Argent two bars Sable; overall an escutcheon Azure charged with a lion Or.
Isenburg-Büdingen (Counts) Coat of Arms
Hesse.
Argent two bars Sable; overall an escutcheon Azure charged with a lion Or.
Isenburg-Büdingen de Büdingen Coat of Arms
Hesse.
Argent two bars Sable.
Isenburg-Büdingen de Wächtersbach Coat of Arms
Hesse.
Argent, two fesses sable.
Isenburg-Meerholz (Counts) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent, two fesses sable.
Isenburg-Philippseich Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent, two fesses sable.
Isenhausen d'Odenhausen Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure a bear proper, collared, buckled and crowned Or, rampant against a rock Argent issuing from the dexter flank.
Iserloch Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent, a fess gules.
Ising Coat of Arms
Rhine Province, Hesse.
Sable a stag springing Or, its head turned back, issuing from a thicket Vert at sinister, all on a terrace Vert; a bordure Or.
Isl d'Oberndorff Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per pale gules and argent.
Isnabach Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria.
Azure, a unicorn statant argent standing on a mount or.
Isselstein Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or four chevrons Gules; second and third, Or a fess Sable surmounted by a saltire chequy Argent and Gules.
Issen Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure two fleurs-de-lis Argent in fess.
Issendorf Coat of Arms
Hanover.
Per fess indented of three points gules and argent.
Issum Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Argent, a stag springing gules.
It surnames
Iticas Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly in saltire: in chief, Argent two lions facing one another Gules; in the dexter and sinister quarters, Azure two chevrons Or, the upper chevron surmounted by a plume of cock's feathers Sable; in base, Or a basilisk Sable crowned Or, holding between its teeth a plume of cock's feathers Sable.
Itter Coat of Arms
Hesse.
Azure a lion per fess Argent and Or, crowned Or.
Itzenplitz Coat of Arms
Brandenburg.
Gules on a bend Azure three bears' heads Sable, collared and buckled Or, aligned with the bend.
Prussia.
Per pale: first, Gules on a bend Azure three bears' heads Sable, collared and buckled Or, aligned with the bend; second, Gules an inverted angle iron Argent, above it a small cross fitchy Argent with its pointed foot between the ends of the angle iron; all within a bordure Or.
Itzstein Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Azure a pair of compasses open in chevron, between two stars in chief and a cross moline in base, all Argent.
Iv surnames
Iven or Ivo Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Per fess: first, argent three mallets gules in fess; second, gules plain.
Iw surnames
Iwanow Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Sable an ostrich Argent holding in its beak a horseshoe Argent; on a chief Azure a star Or.
Iwonski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure a horseshoe Or with its ends upward, enclosing a small cross pattée Or between its branches at the centre of the field.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Jastrzembiec. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Jastrzembiec arms
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