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Blazons of Germany - E

This collection presents 493 German-linked shield entries beginning with E 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 E 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 source or source reference. The Enquerre Rietstap index was used as a finding aid and transcription reference.

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Editorial progress: The collection has been expanded with manually translated shield descriptions. Incomplete entries have been checked against the printed pages where possible, distinct versions have been separated, and duplicate or misfiled records have been resolved. Wider coverage, cross-references and full primary-page verification remain in progress.

Ea surnames

Eau (von l') Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Or, a saltire between a fleur-de-lis in chief and three roses, one in each flank and one in base, all Gules. On an inescutcheon Azure, a palm tree proper issuing from water Argent.

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Eb surnames

Ebeleben Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Per fess Argent and Gules.

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Saxony.
Per fess argent and gules.

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Ebeling Coat of Arms

Lübeck, Amsterdam, Hollande-Septentrionale, Holland.
Azure, a fess or.

Rietstap: French transcription and source reference

Ebell Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per pale: first, Argent, a demi-Prussian eagle issuing from the partition, Sable beaked and membered Or, surmounted by a royal crown, its wing charged with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or and its breast bearing the intertwined letters FR Or surmounted by a crown Or; second, Gules, an oak branch proper bearing three leaves and three acorns, issuing from a ragged staff proper bendwise sinister. A bordure Or.

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Eben (von) und Brunnen Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first, Argent, a cushion Gules tasselled Or resting on one of its sides and charged with a laurel wreath Vert; second, Or, an eagle Sable; third, Gules, a sinister arm in armour Sable issuing from the side, its hand proper holding a sword Argent supporting a Saracen's head affronty proper wreathed Argent; fourth, paly Or and Sable. On an inescutcheon Sable, a griffin Or supporting a fleur-de-lis Argent with its dexter claw.

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Ebenhauser von Ebenhausen und Panbrückh Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, a hood sable.

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Ebenhöch Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Or, on a fess Sable three stars Or, with a mount Sable in base.

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Ebenhofen Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Gules, a ram rampant argent horned or.

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Ebenstetter Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Gules, on a bend argent three roses of the field.

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Eber Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Argent, a demi-boar Sable tusked Argent.

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Saxony.
Argent, a boar rampant sable.

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Eberbach Coat of Arms

Rothenburg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Azure, a boar proper seated with its forelegs raised.

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Saxony.
Or, a boar rampant sable.

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Eberhard d'Eberstein Coat of Arms

Germany.
Or, a griffin Sable holding a sword proper and standing on a terrace Vert; chapé ployé Gules, each side compartment charged with a tree on a terrace Vert.

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Eberhart Coat of Arms

Frankfurt, Hesse.
Or, a boar's head Sable supported by a mount Vert, pierced by an arrow Or feathered Azure and Gules, placed bendwise with its point downwards.

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Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per fess: Or; and an embattled wall masoned proper; a demi-boar Sable issues from the wall into the upper field.

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Eberlein Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Azure, a dove volant above a sea, holding an olive branch in its beak, all proper; the dove flies bendwise sinister with its head downwards.

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Ebermair Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules, a bird rising Argent on a mount Vert; chapé ployé, the dexter compartment Or charged with three boars' heads Sable facing sinister in pale, the sinister compartment Argent charged with a bend sinister Gules bearing three fleurs-de-lis Argent, each placed bendwise.

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Eberman de Bibelheim Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a dog passant Argent, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, paly of four Argent and Gules.

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Ebermayer Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per pale Or and Azure, a boar rampant counterchanged on a mount Vert.

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Ebermayr Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules, a man vested Sable, legs and arms spread apart, wearing a pointed hat Argent and holding a sprig of three leaves Vert in his dexter hand.

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Ebersbach Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per pale gules and argent.

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Ebersberg called von Weyhers Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Azure, a fleur-de-lis argent.

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Ebersberg called von Weyhers zu Leyen Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a fleur-de-lis Argent; second and third, Sable semy of billets Argent, a chevron ployé Argent overall.

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Ebersberger Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Azure, two stars Or; second, per pale Gules and Argent, two fleurs-de-lis counterchanged.

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Ebersperg Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Argent, a boar Sable passant on a mount Vert.

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Eberstein Coat of Arms

Hesse, Saxony, Prussia.
Azure, an inverted triangle voided argent, with a fleur-de-lis argent at each corner.

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Saxony.
Quarterly of six: first and sixth, or a boar sable collared or climbing a hill vert of three steps issuing from the side; second, per fess gules and argent, overall an eagle sable; third and fourth, argent three roses gules seeded or; fifth, gules a lion rampant or. Overall an escutcheon azure charged with an inverted triangle voided argent, with a fleur-de-lis argent at each corner.

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Westphalia.
Argent, a rose gules seeded azure and barbed vert.

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Eberstein-Naugardten (Counts) Coat of Arms

Saxony; alternative arms, one boar.
Argent, a boar Sable.

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Saxony; alternative arms, two boars.
Argent, two boars Sable.

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Saxony; earlier arms.
Argent, a rose Gules.

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Saxony; modern arms.
Azure, a lion Argent crowned Or, armed and langued Gules.

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Eberstorfer Coat of Arms

Germany.
Gules, a demi-lion Or crowned Or; chapé ployé, each side compartment per fess Gules and Argent and charged overall with a bouquet of three carnations Gules stalked and leaved Vert.

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Eberswein Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a boar's head Sable.

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Ebert Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a crossbow Sable loaded with an arrow Argent headed Azure.

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Eberti or Eberty Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per pale: first, Or, three rocks proper side by side, the middle one surmounted by a boar's head Sable; second, Azure, two arrows Argent in saltire.

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Eberz Coat of Arms

Augsburg, Bavaria, Swabia.
Or, three rocks Argent issuing from the base, the middle one supporting a boar's head Sable tusked Argent.

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Eberz de Belderbusch et Eberz de Rockenstein (Barons) Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Gules, two bends Argent; in dexter chief and sinister base two boars' heads Sable, and in sinister chief and dexter base two plumes, each of two ostrich feathers Gules and Argent, all these charges partly overlying the bends.

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Ebhardt Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Argent, a lime tree Vert on a mount Vert.

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Ebingen von der Burg Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Or, a vulture Sable with wings spread and lowered, holding in its beak a rat Sable palewise, its head upwards and towards dexter.

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Ebmer Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, two flames Gules issuing from the base.

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Ebner Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Or, on a bend azure three stars of the field.

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Ebner d'Eschenbach Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per pale indented of four whole points and one half-point Azure and Or.

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Ebra called Pfaff Coat of Arms

Prussia, Saxony.
Azure, a ladder of five rungs Argent bendwise.

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Ec surnames

Eccard Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Gules, two cramps Or in saltire, with a mount Or in base.

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Echterdingen Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Or, a demi-lion Gules.

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Eck Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: first, Azure, a griffin Or crowned Or holding a square stone Argent between its claws; second, Gules, a square stone Argent.

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Germany.
Per pale: first, Sable, a lion Or facing sinister and crowned Or; second, Gules, a wild man proper crowned and girdled with ivy, brandishing a spiked mace Sable. In base, a mount of three peaks per pale Or and Argent extends across the partition and supports both figures.

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Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules, a dexter arm in armour Argent issuing from the side, its hand proper grasping a pike Argent palewise.

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Eck (van) de Panthaleon Coat of Arms

Westphalia, Utrecht.
Per pale gules and vert, overall a bend argent.

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Eck de Kelheim Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, on a fess argent a rose or.

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Eck enfeld Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess Argent and Gules, in the lower half a sinister arm in armour Argent issuing from the side, its hand proper holding a hammer Azure hafted Or which extends over the upper field; an oak leaf Vert issues to dexter from the handle and also extends over the Argent field.

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Eckardstein [ou Eckardt d'Eckardstein] Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, Argent, the Prussian eagle, Sable beaked and membered Or, surmounted by a royal crown, each wing charged with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or and its breast bearing the intertwined letters FR Or surmounted by a crown Or; second, per bend Azure and Or, overall a fess Gules charged with three acorns Argent.

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Eckart Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per bend: first, Azure, a dove volant Argent reversed, holding an olive branch Vert in its beak; second, Argent, three stars Or in bend. Overall a bend Gules; a bordure Or.

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Eckart or Eckhart Coat of Arms

Brunswick, Bavaria.
Per fess: Or, a demi-lion Gules issuing from the partition; and Argent, an acorn proper stalked and leaved of two leaves Vert, its stalk downwards; over the partition a fess Gules.

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Eckarth Coat of Arms

Augsburg, Bavaria.
Per fess: first, gules a demi-man habited tierced in pale azure, argent and or, his dexter sleeve gules and sinister sleeve azure, his head wreathed azure, argent and or, shooting an arrow from a bow proper; second, argent three arrows sable, one upright and the others in bend and bend sinister, their points meeting. The argent field is chapé, the dexter section or charged with three roses azure seeded or in bend sinister, and the sinister section azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis argent set and arranged in bend.

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Eckartsberg Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Or, a hunting-horn Sable stringed, banded and furnished at its ends Argent, the mouthpiece towards dexter.

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Eckebrecht Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess: first, Or, a trefoil-shaped flower stalked Vert; second, Azure, two stars Sable.

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Eckel Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a crescent Or with a face and horns towards dexter, between three stars Or.

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Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable, a crowned lion holding an eight-pointed star between its paws, all Or; second and third, Gules, three whole points and two half-points Argent issuing from the base.

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Eckel de Nedorost Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a swan Argent gorged with a crown Or on a terrace Vert, beneath three piles Or issuing from chief.

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Eckelborn Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, a bear rampant sable collared or.

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Ecken (von der) Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Gules, a fess argent.

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Eckenbrecher Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, three roses Gules seeded Or, stalked and leaved Vert, standing in a row on an isolated terrace Vert; a bordure Or.

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Eckenfeld Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a pale Gules issuing from chief and joined to a chevron Gules.

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Ecker Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, on a bend or three roses gules.

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Germany.
Per pale Sable and Argent, chapé ployé Azure, each side compartment charged with an eagle Or.

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Ecker called Drechsel Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per fess: first, Or, a demi-ox Sable issuing from the partition; second, Sable, a lion Or.

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Ecker d'Eckhofen Coat of Arms

Silesia, Bavaria, Austria.
Per pale Argent and Sable, a chevron reversed, Gules on the Argent and Or on the Sable.

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Ecker de Kapfing Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Sable, three lozenges conjoined argent in fess.

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Ecker de Pöring Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Sable, three lozenges Argent in fess; second, Argent plain.

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Ecker de Roflingen Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Vairy or and azure, a chief sable.

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Ecker de Vilsöhl Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Gules, a pale argent, a chief sable.

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Eckeraedt Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Argent, a bend gules.

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Eckersdorf Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Azure, a tree trunk Argent bendwise, pierced by an arrow Gules bendwise sinister.

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Eckhard Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first, Argent, a personification of Fortune standing on a ball Azure; second, Or, a knight's cross Azure between four small eagles Sable; third, Vert, an altar Argent with a fire burning upon it; fourth, Argent, a griffin Gules.

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Eckhardt Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: Or; and an embattled wall Argent masoned Sable; a demi-Moor wreathed Sable issues from the wall into the upper field, holding a mace Sable. The wall is charged with a point Gules bearing an angular stone Argent above a mount of three peaks Vert; the point is flanked by two fleurs-de-lis Gules on the masonry.

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Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per bend: first, Sable, a voided triangle Or with floral terminals at its angles, placed in the direction of the partition; second, per bend dancetty Or and Sable.

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Eckhardtstein Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per fess: first, Argent, the Prussian eagle, Sable beaked and membered Or and surmounted by a royal crown, each wing charged with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or, holding a sceptre and an orb, its breast bearing the cipher FWR Or surmounted by a royal crown Or; second, per bend Or and Azure, overall a fess Gules charged with three leafless acorns Argent, stalks downwards. A bordure Or.

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Eckhart Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, a boot sable charged with three cotises gules.

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Germany.
Or, a demi-man issuing from a crown Or supported by three large points Sable issuing from the base, the man vested Sable, girdled with two flowing ribbons Or and wearing a cap Gules turned up Sable, holding a sceptre Or in his dexter hand and a halberd Argent in his sinister hand resting against his shoulder, its cutting edge towards sinister.

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Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Or, a lion Gules holding a triangle shown in relief Argent between its paws, standing on a large square stone Argent issuing from the sinister side and base.

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Eckher Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a sun Or; second and third, Gules, a lion Or between two lozenges Or.

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Eckl Coat of Arms

Germany.
Tierced in fess Azure, Argent and Gules, the Argent charged with an eight-pointed star per pale Or and Sable.

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Eckstedt Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, three swords Argent hilted Or, their points downwards and meeting in base.

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Ed surnames

Edel Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale: first, Or, a dexter arm vested Azure, its hand proper holding a precious stone; second, Gules, three bends Argent.

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Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Azure, a stork Argent holding an eel in its beak and standing on a hill Vert; the eel's tincture is not stated.

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Saxony.
Argent, a stork standing on a hill and holding a serpent in its beak, all proper.

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Edel (Edle von) Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly Argent and Azure: first and fourth, a star; second and third, a leopard's head; all counterchanged. Two lozenges counterchanged over the vertical partition, one between the first and second quarters and the other between the third and fourth.

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Edelburg Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, an arm in armour, its hand proper holding a sword; a bordure Argent. The tinctures of the armour and sword are not stated.

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Edelkirchen Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, a cross moline gules.

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Edelsheim [formerly Seifert or Seuffert d'Edelsheim] Coat of Arms

Baden, Hesse.
Per pale: first, Or, an archer in profile, vested Sable with a belt and breeches Gules, boots Or and a cap Sable, shooting an arrow from a bow; second, Argent, a demi-eagle Sable beaked, membered and crowned Or issuing from the partition.

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Edelsteten Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Per pale: first, Sable, two crescents Or in pale, their horns towards sinister; second, Sable, two bends sinister Or.

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Eder Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: first, per pale Or with a demi-bear Sable facing sinister, and Argent with a demi-lion Gules; second, Azure, a winged ball Argent with wings lowered, chapé, the dexter side compartment bendy of four Sable and Or, the sinister side compartment bendy of four Gules and Argent.

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Germany.
Per pale: first, Argent, three stars Gules; second, Sable, a griffin Or.

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Regensburg, Bavaria.
Tierced in bend: first, Or, an annulet Azure; second, Argent, an annulet Or; third, Azure, an annulet Argent.

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Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, azure, a griffin or; second and third, argent, two bends gules.

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Ediger Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Argent, a rose Gules; chapé ployé Sable, each side compartment charged with an eagle Or.

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Edlasperg Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per fess Sable and Or, a griffin counterchanged; second and third, per pale Or and Azure, a rock of three peaks Argent overall, topped by flames Gules.

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Edling Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Per pale: first, Azure, a demi-sun Or issuing from the partition; second, Or, a demi-fleur-de-lis Azure issuing from the partition.

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Edlweck Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Or, a circular field-flask Sable with three necks, one at the top and one on each side.

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Edlwehr Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Argent, a heart Gules pierced bendwise by an arrow Or feathered Azure, point upwards, with three pansies Azure stalked and leaved Vert issuing from the heart.

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Ee surnames

Eelking Coat of Arms

Bremen, Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, two arrows Argent in saltire tied with a ribbon Argent, with a star Or in chief; second and third, Argent, a fess Gules, for von Line.

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Ef surnames

Efferen (Counts) Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Gules, a fess Or with a label of four points Or in chief.

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Efferen de Stolberg Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Azure, three labels Or in pale, the first of five points, the second of four and the third of three.

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Effinger de Zürch Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Gules, a chevron ployé Argent.

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Effner Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, a cedar tree Vert on a mount Vert; chapé Azure, each side compartment charged with a fleur-de-lis Or.

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Eg surnames

Egek Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess Sable and Or, a lion counterchanged holding a square Gules between its paws.

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Egekh zu Randegkh und Eisenhofen Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, on a fess Argent a rose Or; second and third, Argent, three bends Azure. On an inescutcheon Argent, three pairs of shears Sable, each bendwise and together arranged in bend sinister.

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Egeln Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable, a lion Or; second and third, Argent, three large points Gules issuing from the side.

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Egen Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, an arm vested Or with braid Gules issuing bendwise from the sinister base corner, its hand proper holding a banner Or with an engrailed border Gules and charged with two ragged staffs Gules in saltire, the banner's staff crowned Or.

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Egenrieder Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a square agricultural harrow lying in a ploughed field proper; chapé ployé Sable, each side compartment charged with a lion Or, the lions facing each other.

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Eggeling Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Barruly argent and sable, overall a heart gules at the centre.

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Eggenrot Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per bend azure and or, overall on a bend argent three fishes naiant proper.

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Eggenthal Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Gules, three maces with heads barry argent and sable and shafts or, upright in fess.

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Egger Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: first, per fess Gules with a fleur-de-lis Argent, and Gules chapé ployé Argent; second, Or, on a bend Sable a lion Or.

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Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gules, a house argent; second and third, or, a bend wavy azure.

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Egger zu Grossköllenbach Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly in saltire: first and fourth, Sable, a demi-man vested per pale Or and Azure, edged Sable with collar Sable, holding three reeds Argent in his dexter hand; second and third, Argent, a crane proper without a vigilance stone, that in the third quarter facing sinister. Over the shield a bend Or charged with two stars Azure, and over all a bend sinister Azure charged with three stars Or.

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Eggers Coat of Arms

Hamburg.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a dove Argent holding a palm branch Argent in its beak; second and third, Gules, a fess between three roses, all Argent.

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Prussia.
Per pale: first, Argent, a demi-eagle Sable issuing from the partition; second, Gules, a fess Or with a sun Or in chief.

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Egghardt Coat of Arms

Germany.
Argent, a castle topped by three turrets proper, open Sable, on a rocky terrace proper; chapé ployé Or, each side compartment charged with a dog Sable, the dogs facing each other.

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Eggl de Praitenegg Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Azure, a demi-eagle Or; second, Gules chapé ployé Argent, three lozenges counterchanged.

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Egk Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, on a fess or a rose of the field.

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Germany.
Argent, a chevron sable.

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Egker Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per bend: first, Sable, a griffin Or holding between its claws a roundel Azure charged with a crescent Or with horns towards sinister and a star Or between them; second, bendy of four Argent and Gules.

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Egkert Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Quarterly: first, Argent, a four-legged winged dragon rampant Gules; second, Or, an anchor without a stock Sable bendwise sinister, each fluke supporting a heart Gules; third, Gules, an arrow Argent bendwise sinister between two stars Or; fourth, paly Or and Gules. Overall a fess Azure charged with an eagle Argent bearing a heart Gules on its breast, its wings spread and each supporting the crown of a prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Eglauer Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess Sable and Or, a unicorn rampant counterchanged.

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Eglingen or Eglinger Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, two bends wavy argent, a chief gules.

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Eglof de Schönau Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, on a bend Argent three leeches proper following its direction; second and third, themselves quarterly, first and fourth Gules plain, second Argent with a rose Gules stalked and leaved Vert bendwise sinister, third Argent plain.

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Egloff Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, two bear's paws Sable in saltire.

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Egloffsheim Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, a leopard's head Or with a wing Argent on its dexter side and a wing Gules on its sinister side.

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Egloffstein (Barons von und zu) Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Argent, a bear's head and neck Sable langued Gules.

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Egloffstein d'Arklitten Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a bear's head and neck Sable langued Gules; second and third, Or, the Prussian eagle, that in the third quarter facing sinister: an eagle Sable beaked and membered Or, surmounted by a royal crown, each wing charged with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or, its breast bearing the intertwined letters FR Or surmounted by a crown Or.

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Egydi Coat of Arms

Saxony, Bavaria.
Per fess: first, per pale or and azure, overall a stag springing proper; second, barry of four or and azure.

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Egydi-Geissmar Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Per pale: first, per fess Azure with a stag rampant proper, and barry of four Or and Azure; second, Argent, an ibex rampant Sable.

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Ehden or Eden Coat of Arms

Pomerania, Courlande.
Gules, a ragged staff Argent fesswise, sprouting towards chief five acorns stalked and leaved Argent.

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Ehem Coat of Arms

Augsburg, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per fess: first, Gules, a star Azure; second, Argent, a star Azure.

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Ehemann Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, an arm vested Sable bendwise, its hand proper, that in the first quarter issuing from dexter chief and that in the fourth quarter from sinister base; second and third, Sable, a bend wavy Argent.

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Ehingen Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Sable, a chevron Or.

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Swabia.
Sable, a chevron or.

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Ehinger Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, three ears of corn Or without leaves on a mount Vert.

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Germany.
Or, a bend sable.

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Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, the lower half of a wheel Or supported by a mount Sable; second and third, Azure, two ears of corn Or without leaves on a mount Vert.

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Ehinger d'Egnfeld Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale: first, Or, a demi-eagle Sable issuing from the partition; second, Argent, a young man vested and capped Azure on a terrace Vert, holding in his dexter hand a square agricultural harrow proper resting on the ground, with three ears of corn proper growing from the terrace on his sinister side.

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Ehinger de Balzheim Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, two hooks Argent hafted Or in saltire; second and third, Or, a swan Gules beaked and membered Or.

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Ehinger, Barons of Balzheim or Barons of Ehingen Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, two hooks Argent hafted Or in saltire; second and third, Or, a swan Gules beaked and membered Or. On an inescutcheon per fess: first, Gules, an eagle Or; second, Azure, a lion Or.

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Ehlers Coat of Arms

Mecklenburg.
Or, an arm proper issuing from a cloud proper in sinister chief, grasping a bundle of five arrows Gules.

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Ehrdiger Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a ball Gules; chapé ployé, the dexter compartment Or and the sinister compartment Sable.

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Ehren (von der) Coat of Arms

Cologne, Rhine Province.
Per fess: first, Azure, three rounded mirrors Argent in fess; second, Or plain.

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Ehrenberg Coat of Arms

Baden.
Gules, a rose between two buffalo horns, each horn adorned on its outer side with rods tipped with trefoils, all Or.

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Franconia.
Argent, a wing Gules charged with a crescent Or and ending in an eagle's head.

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Ehrendreich Coat of Arms

Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Or, a rider in civilian clothes mounted on a bay horse galloping.

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Ehrenfeld Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Vert, Minerva with her shield and spear, all proper.

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Ehrenfels Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Azure, a bend sinister Or with a rock Argent issuing from the base.

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Swabia.
Azure, three bends sinister, the middle one Or and the other two Gules.

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Ehrenkreuz Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Or, two cannon barrels proper in saltire between two cannonballs Sable, one in chief and one in base; on a chief Azure, three stars Or.

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Ehrenkrook Coat of Arms

Suède, Prussia.
Per fess Sable and Or, a griffin counterchanged; on a bordure Azure, eight pairs of fish-hooks Argent, each pair crossed in saltire.

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Ehrenschild or Flad d'Ehrenschild Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first, Gules, three roses Argent; second and third, Or, a lion Azure; fourth, Gules, three halberds Argent hafted Or, one palewise and the other two in saltire.

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Ehrenstein (Barons) Coat of Arms

Saxony, Prussia, Austria.
Argent, a demi-man vested Azure and wearing an Albanian cap Azure turned up Or, issuing from a mount Vert, holding in his dexter hand a tree eradicated proper resting on his shoulder, his sinister hand on his hip.

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Ehrer Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, a demi-pointer Sable langued Gules.

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Ehrne de Melchthal Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Or, a tournament lance Argent palewise supporting a hat Sable.

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Ehrt d'Ertin Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per bend argent and sable, overall a bend gules.

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Ei surnames

Eibel d'Eibelsfeldt Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per fess Argent and Or, a fess Sable over the partition; second and third, Gules, a stork Argent on a mount Vert holding an eel in its beak, the eel's tincture not stated.

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Eiberswald (Barons) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Sable, a bend or.

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Eichborn de Gutmansdorf Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per pale: first, Or, an oak branch proper palewise bearing three acorns arranged one and two, and two leaves; second, Azure, three bends wavy Argent.

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Eichenauer Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per bend: first, Sable, a unicorn salient Argent; second, Azure, an oak branch Or bendwise, bearing three acorns Or at its top. Over the partition a bend Or.

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Eichendorff Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Gules, an oak stump Or bendwise bearing three acorns Or, one above and two below.

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Eichfetten Coat of Arms

Germany.
Argent, a boar passant proper between two trees vert, below it a terrace of the same.

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Eichholtz Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Or, a tower with three turrets Gules, the middle turret supporting a crescent Gules.

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Eichholtz-Jablonowski Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a crescent Or with horns towards sinister, between three stars Or.

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Eichicht Coat of Arms

Prussia, Saxony.
Argent, a rose Gules seeded Or with three oak leaves Vert issuing from it in pall.

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Eichler Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a fess Argent between three leafless acorns Or, their stalks downwards.

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Prussia.
Sable, an oak trunk eradicated bearing two leaves and two acorns, all Or.

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Eichler d'Auritz Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first, per pale Sable and Or, two ragged staffs counterchanged arranged in an inverted chevron, each bearing three acorns on its outer side; second, Argent, three chevrons reversed Azure; third, Azure, an eagle Argent; fourth, as the first quarter with the tinctures reversed.

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Eichmann Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Per bend sinister: first, Azure, a crescent Argent with a face and horns towards dexter, between two stars Or, one in sinister chief and one in dexter base; second, Argent, an oak tree Vert on a terrace Vert. Over the partition a bendlet sinister Or.

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Eichstedt Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, three swords proper in fess.

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Eichthal [formerly Seligmann] Coat of Arms

Munich, Paris, Bavaria, Île-de-France.
Azure, two steep rocks Argent issuing from the base, with two stars Or in chief.

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Eick or Eich (von der) de Westhofen Coat of Arms

Cologne, Rhine Province.
Or, four fesses azure.

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Eicke Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Argent, a waterhen facing sinister, holding a fish palewise in its beak and standing in water among reeds, all proper.

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Eickel Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, on a bend gules three lozenges of the field in bend.

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Eickstedt-Peterswaldt Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a fess Argent charged with a boar's head Sable; second and third, Azure, a key Or palewise. On an inescutcheon Or, two bars Sable charged with three roses Or, two on the upper bar and one on the lower.

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Eidenheim Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: first, Sable, a lion Or holding an arrow Or; second, bendy Sable and Or, each bend Sable charged with a star Or.

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Eidtner d'Eidritz Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Or, two bars Gules, overall a broad point Azure abased, charged with a pelican and its young in their nest Argent; above the point an oval escutcheon Sable within a laurel wreath Vert, charged with the cipher F III Or surmounted by an imperial crown.

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Eimbeck Coat of Arms

Brandenburg.
Per pale Or and Gules, an arrow counterchanged bendwise, point downwards.

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Eimmart Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Azure, a bucket Argent; chapé ployé Gules, each side compartment charged with a star Argent.

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Einbachen Coat of Arms

Germany.
Argent, a dog running in a meadow, all proper.

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Einem Coat of Arms

Brunswick, Prussia.
Azure, on a fess Argent between three roses Argent seeded Or, a greyhound courant Sable collared Or.

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Einsiedel Coat of Arms

Saxony, Prussia.
Or, a hermit walking in profile, barefoot, vested and capped Azure, holding an axe and a rosary in his extended dexter hand and a hooked staff resting on his shoulder in his sinister hand. The tinctures of the axe, rosary and staff are not stated.

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Einwag Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess Gules and Argent, a hand proper issuing from a cloud Argent in chief and holding a balance proper over the partition, its sinister pan lowered.

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Einweg Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Vert, a balance or.

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Einzinger d'Einzing Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per bend Gules and Sable, three balls Argent in bend over the partition; second and third, Azure, three trout naiant proper in pale. On an inescutcheon per pale: first, Sable, a clarion Or; second, Gules, a unicorn rampant Argent.

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Eisen called Scheliha de Schuchau Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a lion Or crowned Or, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second, per pale Argent with two stars Azure in pale, and barry Argent and Gules; third, as the second quarter with its two divisions reversed. On an inescutcheon, the arms of Scheliha: Gules, a crescent Argent.

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Eisenberg Coat of Arms

Frankfurt, Hesse.
Or, two half wheel-rims Azure addorsed on a mount Vert.

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Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a demi-eagle Sable crowned Or issuing from the vertical partition; second and third, Gules, a lion Argent holding an arrow palewise, point downwards, that in the third quarter facing sinister. The arrow's tincture is not stated.

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Hesse.
Argent, three caps Azure.

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Hesse.
Argent, two fesses sable, overall an escutcheon azure charged with a lion rampant or.

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Eisenburg Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Azure, a wall with a gateway flanked by two towers, all Argent, on an isolated terrace Argent, surmounted by a horseshoe Or with its ends downwards.

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Eisenhart Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gules, a lion rampant argent; second and third, or, a fleur-de-lis azure.

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Eisenhofen or Eysenhouer Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Sable, on a bend Or three horseshoes proper following the direction of the bend, their ends downwards.

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Eisenhut Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Argent, an iron hat Azure.

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Eisenmeyer Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per pale: first, Argent, a lion Azure facing sinister and holding an ostrich feather proper; second, per fess Azure with three stars Argent, and Or with a wing Sable.

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Eisenreich auf Weylbach Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a double-headed eagle Sable, each head crowned Or; second and third, Gules, a mill-rind Argent fesswise.

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Eisenschmidt Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Argent, a horse courant Sable; a bordure Or.

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Eisenstadt Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, five horseshoes azure, three and two.

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Eisenwanger Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules, a falcon argent, below it a gauntlet or in fess.

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Eiser Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess: first, Gules, an ostrich's head and neck Argent issuing from the partition and holding a horseshoe Or in its beak; second, Sable chapé ployé Or, three stars counterchanged.

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Eiser de Lichtenfels Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a mount of three peaks Vert, each peak supporting a flame Gules; chapé ployé, the dexter compartment Or with a fess Sable charged with a rose Or, the sinister compartment paly of four Gules and Argent.

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Eisersdorff Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, Argent, a demi-lion Gules crowned Or issuing from the partition; second, Gules, a fess chequy Azure and Or.

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Eisolzrieder Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per fess Gules and Argent, the upper field charged with two lozenges Argent.

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Eisslinger Coat of Arms

Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Or, a tree Vert on a mount Sable.

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Eitner Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Gules, a comb sable.

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Eitzen Coat of Arms

Lüneburg, Hamburg.
Azure, a triangle divided per pale: its dexter half per bend, Argent plain above and per pale Argent and Sable below; its sinister half per bend sinister, Sable plain above and per pale Argent and Sable below.

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Lüneburg, Hamburg; alternative arms.
Azure, a triangle Argent enclosing an inverted triangle Argent outlined by three lines Sable.

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Ekensteen Coat of Arms

Suède, Prussia.
Per pale: first, Gules, a man facing sinister in full armour Argent, wearing a helmet Argent with visor raised and holding a raised sabre in his dexter hand, standing on a terrace Vert; second, Azure, an oak trunk proper on a terrace Vert, sprouting an acorn-bearing branch towards dexter which the man holds in his sinister hand.

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Elbe Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Gules, an arched bend sinister Argent, its upper edge supporting three demi-fleurs-de-lis Argent; on a chief Gules, a royal crown Or.

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Elbel de Tunkendorf Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Gules, three gauntlets proper.

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Elben Coat of Arms

Hesse, Saxony.
Gules, an arched bend argent, its upper edge supporting three fleurs-de-lis argent.

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Elbing d'Unterschönfelt Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, an arm in armour Argent without a hand, that in the first quarter issuing from dexter chief and that in the fourth quarter from sinister chief; second and third, Azure, a unicorn's head and neck Or, that in the third quarter facing sinister.

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Elbracht Coat of Arms

Denmark, Prussia, Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure plain; second and third, Argent, a dove proper on a terrace Vert holding an olive branch Vert in its beak.

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Elbs Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Argent, three chevrons Gules; on a chief Or, an ibex courant proper on a rocky terrace proper.

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Elchingen Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Gules, on a bend Argent a serpent Sable undulating in the direction of the bend, crowned Or.

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Elckerhausen called Klüppel Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Gules, three axes argent.

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Elderhorst Coat of Arms

Mecklenburg.
Argent, a stag springing proper issuing from a thicket Vert at the sinister side.

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Elditten Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Or, a tree trunk supporting two magpies, with a third magpie in base, all proper.

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Elendt Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per pale Or and Gules, an elk passant proper overall.

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Elern Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a stag springing Gules issuing from a thicket Vert on the sinister side, holding a leafy branch Vert between its teeth, all on a terrace Vert.

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Elers Coat of Arms

Hamburg.
Per pale: first, Argent, a winged eagle's leg Sable reversed; second, Gules, a demi-unicorn Argent facing sinister and issuing from the partition.

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Elkan d'Elkansberg Coat of Arms

Austria, Bavaria.
Azure, a chevron Argent with a caduceus Argent in dexter chief and an anchor Argent with a star Argent to its sinister in sinister chief; in base, a crane in its vigilance proper on a mount Vert.

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Ellen-Marsvin d'Ellenburg Coat of Arms

Germany.
Gules, on a bend argent a fish proper.

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Ellenbach Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Chequy gules and argent, on a canton gules a fleur-de-lis argent.

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Ellenhofen Coat of Arms

Brunswick.
Or, on a pale Azure a roundel Gules charged with a fleur-de-lis Argent.

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Ellenrieder de Mörlach Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Or, a stork proper on a mount Vert, holding in its raised dexter foot a fish Sable, head downwards; chapé, the dexter compartment Argent and the sinister compartment Gules, each charged with a fleur-de-lis counterchanged.

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Eller Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Gyronny of twelve azure and or, an escutcheon gules at the centre.

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Eller d'Eberstein Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gyronny of twelve Azure and Or, an escutcheon Gules in the centre; second and third, Azure, a voided triangle Argent with fleurs-de-lis at its angles.

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Ellerbach Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Quarterly Or and Vert.

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Ellers Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, three chevrons, the middle one Sable and the other two Gules.

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Ellert Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Chequy Argent and Gules of four rows, each of five squares; the two Argent squares in the second row and the second Argent square in the third row each charged with a roundel Gules.

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Prussia.
Gules, a pelican with its young Argent.

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Ellrichshausen (Barons) Coat of Arms

Prussia; alternate version.
Bendy gules and argent.

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Prussia; three-bend version.
Argent, three bends gules.

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Ellrodt Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, an eagle Sable beaked, membered and crowned Or; chapé ployé Azure, each side compartment charged with a lion Or, the lions facing each other; on a chief Argent, three six-petalled roses Gules.

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Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, argent, an eagle sable; second and third, barry azure and argent; overall an escutcheon gules charged with a bend argent and three roses of the field.

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Ellrodt de Reipolzkirchen Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Eight quarters in two rows of four: first and eighth, Argent, a bend wavy Gules; second and seventh, Argent, an eagle Sable; third and sixth, barry Azure and Argent; fourth and fifth, Gules, a church Argent. On an inescutcheon Gules, a bend Argent charged with three roses Gules.

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Elmbeckh Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Sable, a cock's head and neck Or.

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Elmenhorst Coat of Arms

Hamburg.
Per pale: first, Azure, a half-horseshoe Argent issuing from the partition, with a six-pointed star Or in dexter chief; second, Gules, three bends Argent.

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Elmpt Coat of Arms

Rhine Province, Courlande.
Or, a fleur-de-lis Gules supporting two parrots Vert collared Or, perched on its curved lateral petals.

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Elpögner Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a sinister arm vested Argent issuing from the side, its hand proper; second and third, Gules, a bunch of grapes proper without leaves, stalk upwards.

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Elpons Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Azure, a bridge of two arches Argent masoned Sable issuing from water proper, with a star Or above it.

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Elriching Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, a squirrel springing sable.

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Elsauer Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale: first, Or, an ibex rampant Sable; second, per fess, paly of three Azure and Argent counterchanged.

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Elsen (von) Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Sable, a chevron Gules with a lion Gules in base.

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Elsenheim or Elsenheimer d'Elsenheim Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale Or and Sable, two buffalo horns counterchanged.

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Elsholtz Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Argent, a cross sable.

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Elsner de Gronow Coat of Arms

Berlin; 1856.
Sable, two ragged tree trunks proper in saltire.

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Silesia; grants of 1852 and 1858.
Or, two ragged tree trunks Azure in saltire.

Editorial note: A diploma of 13 October 1862 permitted the two trunks to be Sable.

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Silesia; recognition of nobility, 1787.
Or, two ragged tree trunks Sable in saltire.

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Elsner-Zieserwitz Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per pale: first, Argent, a city gate supporting three towers with pointed roofs, all proper, representing the fortress of Kraków; second, Argent, a lion Azure. On a chief Azure over both divisions, three stars Or.

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Elsnic, von der Elsnitz or Elnitzky Coat of Arms

Poland, Silesia.
Sable, on a bend or three pellets.

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Elsperger Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per fess Or and Sable, in the upper field a demi-man vested Sable holding a tree branch Vert in his dexter hand.

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Elster Coat of Arms

Saxony, Prussia.
Azure, a magpie Argent holding a fish proper in its beak.

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Elster d'Elstermann Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Azure, a barrier Argent bendwise sinister, with a peacock's head and neck Argent issuing from it; on a chief Gules, a sinister arm in armour Argent holding a sword Argent.

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Elston Coat of Arms

Baden.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a steep rock Sable; second and third, Azure, a star Or.

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Elterlein Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Per fess Azure and Or, a lion counterchanged, langued Gules and crowned Or, holding a sword Argent hilted Or between its paws.

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Saxony.
Per fess Azure and Or, overall a monster composed of the upper half of a lion Or affronty and a man's legs Sable, its body encircled by an apron Sable; the lion holds in both paws a sword Argent fesswise across its head.

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Eltershofen Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Tierced in fess sable, argent and gules.

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Eltester Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a laurel sprig Or fesswise, with two stars Or in chief.

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Eltz Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Per fess: first, Gules, a demi-lion Or issuing from the partition; second, Argent plain.

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Eltz (Barons) Coat of Arms

Rhine Province; Barons.
Per fess: first, Gules, a demi-lion Or issuing from the partition; second, Argent plain.

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Eltz (Counts) Coat of Arms

Bavaria; Counts.
Per fess: first, Gules, a demi-lion Or langued Gules issuing from the partition; second, Argent plain.

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Eltz-Kempenich Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Per fess: first, Gules, a demi-lion Or issuing from the partition; second, Argent plain.

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Elverfeldt Coat of Arms

Hanover.
Or, five barrulets Gules.

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Elwanger Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Sable, a leopard's head or.

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Emberg or Emberk Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Azure, a fox proper, girt Argent or Gules, passant or courant on a terrace Vert.

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Embs Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Gules, a chamois' head and neck Argent.

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Embst Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Gules, a goose argent.

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Emerkingen Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Or, a cramp sable in bend.

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Emern Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, three ears of corn Or issuing from one stalk; chaussé ployé Or, each lower side compartment charged with an ibex horn Sable, the horns addorsed.

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Emersen (van) Coat of Arms

Hamburg.
Per pale: first, Argent, two bars Sable; second, Argent, a winged eagle's leg Or with its wing Sable, the talon downwards.

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Emmerich Coat of Arms

Silesia, Bar.
Sable, a mermaid proper with loose hair and hands extended.

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Emmershofen Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Tierced in fess gules, argent and sable.

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Emminghaus Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a fleur-de-lis Azure; second, Azure, two anchors Argent in saltire; third, Argent, a fess Gules between three lozenges Gules. On an inescutcheon Sable, an eagle Or.

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Empich Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, chequy Gules and Argent of four rows, each of seven squares; second, Or, two palm branches Vert in saltire.

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Enckevort [formerly Ingkefort] Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Per fess: Or, two eagles Sable facing each other, langued Gules, beaked and membered Or; and Argent, a lion sejant affronty Or grasping a palm tree Vert in each paw, all on a mount Vert; over the partition a fess Gules charged with three roundels Argent.

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Ende (von) Coat of Arms

Prussia, Austria.
Or, a wolf rampant proper with blood issuing from its mouth.

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Prussia, Hesse.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a double-headed eagle Sable, each head crowned Or; second and third, Or, a wolf rampant proper, for von Ende. On an inescutcheon Gules, a knight fully armoured Argent on a terrace Vert, his helmet plumed with three ostrich feathers, one Sable between two Or, brandishing a sword Argent hilted Or in his dexter hand, his sinister hand resting on his hip.

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Ende-Koniecki (von) Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Or, a wolf rampant proper with blood issuing from its mouth.

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Ender or Enders Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gules, a unicorn argent; second and third, azure, a star or.

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Enderl Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a demi-eagle Sable issuing from the vertical partition; second and third, Gules, a fleur-de-lis Argent.

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Enderlin Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Or, on a pale sable three balls or.

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Enderlin or Enderlein Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per pale, barry of three Sable and Argent counterchanged.

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Endorf Coat of Arms

Augsburg, Bavaria, Swabia.
Sable, an ibex rampant argent.

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Endter Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules, a duckling Argent swimming on water proper.

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Engäns Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Argent, two staffs Gules with fleur-de-lis terminals in saltire, with a star Sable in chief.

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Engel Coat of Arms

Bremen.
Per pale: first, Or, an angel holding a sword, all proper; second, Azure, a sinister arm in armour issuing from clouds and holding a wreath of foliage, all proper.

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Germany.
Per fess Gules and Argent, a greyhound rampant counterchanged, collared Gules and standing on a mount Azure.

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Germany.
Per pale: first, Azure, an angel vested Argent and winged Gules, standing on a mount Or and holding a flaming sword Gules; second, bendy Argent and Gules.

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Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a demi-angel vested Argent holding two palm branches Or crossed in saltire on its breast; second and third, Sable, a mount Vert supporting a star Or.

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Mecklenburg.
Or, an angel wearing a skirt Azure and dalmatic Gules, winged Azure and holding a flaming sword in its dexter hand; the sword's tincture is not stated.

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Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Argent, on a bend Sable a wing Or following the direction of the bend.

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Saxony.
Or, an angel with blond hair affronty on a terrace Vert, winged Azure and wearing a dalmatic per pale Gules and Azure, holding a curved sword Argent hilted Or in its dexter hand.

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Engeland Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules, on a bend argent three roses, four leaves of the field.

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Engelberg Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, a lion rampant or.

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Engelbrecht Coat of Arms

Germany.
Gules, a castle Argent with two embattled towers roofed with domes, a rose Gules stalked and leaved Vert in the gateway, all on a terrace Vert.

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Pomerania.
Azure, three seraphim proper with wings Argent, in pale.

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Prussia, Amsterdam, Hollande-Septentrionale, Holland.
Or, a saltire gules, in chief a boar's head sable.

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Prussia, Bavaria.
Azure, a wall Argent with three battlements, open Azure.

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Engelbrechten Coat of Arms

Hanover.
Quarterly in saltire Or and Gules, overall a cherub Argent with a label Azure above it; on a base Gules, a star Or.

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Engelbrunner (von) Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a fountain spouting Argent; second and third, Or, a bend wavy Argent. On an inescutcheon Azure, a demi-angel proper crowned Or and vested Argent, its wings raised, its dexter hand resting on its hip and its sinister hand holding a sceptre Or resting against its shoulder.

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Engelhard Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Gules, three trefoils Argent issuing from a mount Argent.

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Engelhardt (Knights) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: first, Azure, a demi-eagle Or issuing from the partition; second, Argent, an angel wearing a dalmatic Gules and an overgarment Azure, holding a sword upright in its dexter hand and a palm branch Vert in its sinister hand. The sword's tincture is not stated.

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Engelhart Coat of Arms

Nördlingen, Bavaria.
Gules, a demi-angel habited argent with a baldric gules and wings or, brandishing a flaming sword proper above its head.

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Silesia.
Per fess: first, Azure, a demi-angel with cuirass proper, winged and crowned Or, holding a sword Argent in its dexter hand; second, Gules, three bends Or.

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Engelke de Bildekau Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, Or, a raven Sable holding a ring Or in its beak; second, Azure, three interlaced annulets Or, two and one. A bordure Or.

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Engellieb Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, sable, a unicorn salient or; second and third, bendy of four gules and argent.

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Engelmair Coat of Arms

Germany.
Gules, a fess argent between three fleurs-de-lis of the same.

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Engelmann de Freyenthal Coat of Arms

Austria, Saxony.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a demi-angel proper winged Sable with hands joined; second and third, Gules, a sinister arm in armour Azure issuing from sinister chief and grasping a sword Argent hilted Or.

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Engeln Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: first, Or, an angel wearing a dalmatic Argent and holding a sword, its tincture not stated; second, Azure, a sinister arm in armour Argent issuing from a cloud at the side, its hand proper holding a laurel wreath Vert.

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Engelsburg Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, an angel wearing a dalmatic Argent on a terrace Vert, resting a hand on a small church Argent, to its sinister in the first quarter and its dexter in the fourth; second, Gules, a crane in its vigilance Argent; third, per pale Or with a demi-eagle Sable issuing from the vertical partition, and Gules with two bars Argent.

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Engelschalek Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, a demi-wolf Sable.

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Engelschall Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Quarterly: first, Azure, a demi-angel Argent crowned with an antique crown Or, holding a cup in its dexter hand and a palm branch in its sinister hand, their tinctures not stated; second, Or, three roses Azure; third, per pale Gules with a demi-fleur-de-lis Argent issuing from the partition, and Argent plain; fourth, Argent, three roses Gules.

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Engelsdorf Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, a fess Sable with a demi-lion Gules issuing from it in chief.

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Engerer Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Gules, a fess embattled and counter-embattled Argent; second, Argent, two bends Azure.

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Engern Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Azure, an eagle argent crowned or.

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Engeström called Dahlstjerna Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per pale: first, Argent chapé Azure, three stars two and one, Argent on the Azure and Gules on the Argent, overall a fess Gules charged with a double-barred cross Argent; second, Azure, on a bend arched Argent a bull courant Gules, with two towers Argent in base, roofed with pointed roofs Gules, on a hill Argent and surmounted by a star Or.

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Englmayr Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per pale Argent and Gules, a star counterchanged.

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Enhuber Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per fess Argent and Or, a man overall vested and capped Azure with footwear Gules, holding a branch Vert in his dexter hand; second and third, Azure, a griffin Or holding a sword Argent.

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Ennershausen Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Argent, two stumps gules in saltire between four stars azure.

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Enningen called Eysenhut Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Argent, an iron hat Azure.

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Enschringen Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Or, four fesses gules, overall a lion rampant sable.

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Enstein Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Per fess: first, Argent, a bend Gules; second, Sable plain.

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Entier Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, Argent, a stag springing proper pierced by a tournament lance Or bendwise sinister, point upwards; second, Azure, a helmet Argent in profile, with its visor lowered Or and three ostrich feathers Argent, over two standards Or each charged with an eagle Sable, their staffs crossed in saltire.

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Entzberg Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Azure, three half-roses Gules, their dexter halves missing.

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Entzensperger Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: first, Gules, a horse galloping Argent bridled Gules; second, Or, a duckling Argent on a mount Vert, chapé Sable, each side compartment charged with a star Or.

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Entzlingen Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Per pale: first, barry argent and azure; second, gules plain.

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Entzloher Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: first, per pale Or with a pale Azure, and Sable with a pale Or; second, Argent, a duckling proper swimming on water Argent.

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Enzenberg Coat of Arms

Baden.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, an ibex rampant Sable on a terrace Azure, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Gules, three large points Argent issuing from the base. On an inescutcheon Azure crowned Or, a ring Or set with a ruby.

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Epelle Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess Or and Sable, a griffin counterchanged holding a pair of wings Sable reversed between its claws.

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Eppe Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Or, a monkey sejant Sable holding a rose Gules stalked and leaved Vert in its dexter paw.

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Eppingen Coat of Arms

Swabia, Prussia, Denmark.
Per pale Gules and Argent, two halberds addorsed counterchanged. At the centre, an escutcheon Argent charged with a cross patty Sable.

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Eppinger Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Sable, a crescent or, above it in chief three stars of the same.

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Epplin Coat of Arms

Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Sable, a lion Or with its tail Vert.

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Epsendorf Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Azure, a cross chequy gules and or.

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Erasmus Coat of Arms

Frankfurt, Hesse.
Gules, a unicorn salient Argent, overall a bend sinister Or charged with three fleurs-de-lis Sable, each placed bendwise.

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Erbach Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Per fess: first, Azure, two hanging acorns issuing from a single stalk bearing two leaves and rising from the partition, all proper; second, per pale Argent with a bend Gules charged with three roses Argent, and Gules with a rose Argent stalked and leaved Vert.

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Hesse.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per fess Gules and Argent, three stars counterchanged; second and third, Argent, two bars Gules, for the County of Brenberg.

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Erbach-Wartenberg-Roth (Counts) Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Quarterly: first, per fess Gules and Argent, three stars counterchanged; second, Argent, a fess Gules between three roundels Gules; third, Gules, a griffin Argent, for the County of Roth; fourth, Argent, two bars Gules. On an inescutcheon Or, the eagle of the Empire: a double-headed eagle Sable, each head with a nimbus Or, surmounted by an imperial crown and holding an orb and a sceptre.

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Erbar de Sondhofen Coat of Arms

Germany.
Or, a horse springing Sable bridled Gules on a mount Vert; chapé ployé Argent, each side compartment charged with a rose Gules.

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Erbe (von) und Ehrenburg Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Or, a wing Sable charged with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or.

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Erberg Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable, a lion Or, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Gules, three ears of corn Or without leaves on a terrace Vert.

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Erbermann de Biebelheim Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a pointer passant Argent, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, paly of four Gules and Argent.

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Erbishofen [Nom primitif de la fam. d'Ulm] Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Per fess Gules and Azure, a fess dancetty Argent over the partition.

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Ercken Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Or, a boar rampant sable.

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Erckenbrecht Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: first, Argent, on a fess Gules a ploughshare Azure; second, Azure, the framework of a house Or roofed Gules, supported by a wall without battlements Argent masoned Sable.

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Erckert Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a fess azure between three ducks volant proper.

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Erdinger Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a bear's paw Sable palewise; second and third, Argent, a pomegranate Gules stalked and leaved Vert, bendwise sinister with its stalk downwards.

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Erdinger de Zarghoff Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: first, sable, a lion passant or; second, bendy gules and argent.

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Erdmannsdorff Coat of Arms

Saxony, Brandenburg.
Per pale or and gules.

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Erdt Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Or, two arrows Gules in saltire, points downwards, over a tree Vert on a mount Vert.

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Erelbach Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Or, a bend wavy sable.

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Erffa Coat of Arms

Saxony, Prussia.
Azure, two wings addorsed or.

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Ergolding Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Tierced in pale azure, argent and gules.

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Erhard Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: first, bendy sinister of eight Sable and Or; second, Sable, a lion Or holding a sword Argent in its dexter paw and a flaming heart Gules in its sinister paw.

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Prussia.
Per pale: first, Or, a stag rampant proper; second, Sable, three bars Argent.

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Rothenburg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Argent, a demi-man in profile, vested Azure with a belt and baldric Or, wearing an Albanian cap Azure turned up and tufted Or, and holding a mace Or.

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Erich Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per bend: Gules, a rose Argent; and Azure, an eight-pointed star Or; over the partition a bend Argent.

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Erichsen Coat of Arms

Suède, Brunswick, Silesia.
Per pale: first, Argent, a star Or in dexter chief; second, Purpure, on a bend sinister Argent two stars Or. Over the partition a palm tree Vert.

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Erichsen called Zitzwitz Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, per pale Argent and Sable, a double-headed eagle counterchanged; second, per pale Argent with a star Or in dexter chief, and Purpure with a bend sinister Argent charged with two stars Or, a palm tree Or over the vertical partition of this lower division.

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Erichson Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Or, two eagle's legs Sable in saltire.

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Ering (Counts) Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per bend Argent and Gules, two arrows counterchanged, each placed bendwise.

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Eringshausen Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Per pale: first, Or, two bars Gules; second, Gules, a demi-eagle Or with a nimbus Or issuing from the partition.

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Erinstein Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, a fess gules, a bordure azure.

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Erkel Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Sable, a pilgrim's staff Argent bendwise and a spade Argent bendwise sinister, its blade downwards, crossed in saltire.

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Erkerart Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess Or and Sable, a lion Azure crowned Or overall, on a terrace Vert and holding a bundle of three arrows Or feathered Azure, their points downwards.

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Erkheim Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Per pale gules and argent, overall a chevron per pale or and argent.

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Erlabeck Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale: first, Azure, a demi-fleur-de-lis Or issuing from the partition; second, Gules, on a fess Azure between two chevrons Argent, one in chief and one in base, a lion passant Or.

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Erlbach Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Gules, a swan argent.

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Erlbeck (Edle von) Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per pale Argent and Gules, a fleur-de-lis counterchanged.

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Erlebach Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: first, per pale Argent and Azure with two rectangular projections in the partition; second, Sable, a fess Argent.

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Erlein Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Argent, a fess Gules, overall a pot-hanger Sable.

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Erlenheidt Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Azure, three crescents Argent with horns towards dexter.

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Erlew Coat of Arms

Germany.
Argent, two vines crossing in a double saltire and entwined around a stake on a rocky terrace proper, with leaves Vert and four bunches of grapes proper.

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Erlinger d'Eggenstein Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: first, Sable, a lion Or facing sinister and crowned Or; second, Gules, a knight fully armoured Argent holding a sword Argent.

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Erlishausen Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Bendy argent and gules.

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Ermreicher called Mülstein Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules, a millstone argent.

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Erndtl Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Per pale: first, barry gules and argent; second, bendy sable and or.

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Ernest or Ernst Coat of Arms

Bern, Silesia.
Or, a demi-ram Sable issuing from a mount Vert.

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Ernesty Edle von Faulbach Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Or, three roses Gules seeded Or; second, Azure, two anchors Argent without stocks in saltire, with two stars Argent in chief. Over the partition a fess Or charged with four bends sinister Gules.

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Ernsdorfer Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale: first, Sable, a lion Or crowned Or and supporting a ring Or with its dexter paw; second, Azure plain.

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Ernst Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a mountain proper issuing from the base, topped by an eight-pointed star Or.

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Germany.
Per bend: first, itself per bend Gules and Argent, a rose counterchanged; second, itself per bend Argent and Gules, a rose counterchanged. Over the main partition a bend Sable charged with a lion passant Or.

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Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Sable, a lion Or holding a mace Or in its dexter paw and an oval shield Argent in its sinister paw.

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Ernst d'Ernsthausen Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Tierced in bend sinister: first, Argent, three stars Or in bend sinister; second, Gules plain; third, Or plain.

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Ernst von Ernest Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a chevron chequy Or and Sable beneath a chief Azure charged with three crescents Argent; second and third, Gules, two griffin's legs Argent in saltire, with a star Argent in chief.

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Eroltzheim Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Sable, a wheel of six spokes Or.

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Erpen Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Azure, a bend wavy argent.

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Erringer de Norendorf Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Per pale azure and argent, overall an annulet gules.

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Erskine Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first, Argent, a pale Sable; second, Azure, a bend Or between six crosses crosslet fitchee Or; third, Or, a fess chequy Azure and Argent of three rows; fourth, Argent, three bars gemel Gules, overall a lion Sable.

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Erslingen Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Per bend nebuly or and azure.

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Erstenberg von und zum Freyenthurm Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Lozengy Argent and Gules, formed by three divisions in pale and three in bend sinister, the first lozenge Argent; the three Argent lozenges following one another in the direction of a bend each charged with a fish proper palewise and curved towards sinister.

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Erstenberger Coat of Arms

Bavaria; grants of 1461, 1562 and 1571.
Lozengy Argent and Gules, formed by three divisions in pale and three in bend sinister, the first lozenge Argent; the three Argent lozenges following one another in the direction of a bend each charged with a fish proper palewise and curved towards sinister.

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Ertel de Krehlau Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per fess Argent and Azure, a man in profile vested counterchanged, holding a sword proper, his sinister hand resting on his hip.

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Erthal Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Gules, two fesses argent.

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Franconia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gules, two fesses argent; second and third, azure.

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Ertinger Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per bend Argent and Sable, two pomegranates counterchanged.

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Ertl (Knights) Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per bend Argent and Vert, overall an escutcheon Gules charged with a five-pointed star Argent.

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Erxleben Coat of Arms

Brandenburg, Pomerania.
Azure, a half-wheel Argent bendwise.

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Esbeck called von Platen Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, three bars wavy Argent; second and third, Argent, two cats' heads Sable facing each other, each ending in a lowered wing Sable.

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Esbeck or Esbach Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Gules, three fesses wavy argent.

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Esch Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Gules, three escallops argent between nine crosslets of the same.

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Esch de Langwiesen Coat of Arms

Rhine Province, Austria.
Per fess: first, Or, a demi-lion Gules issuing from the partition; second, Azure, twelve vair pieces Argent arranged five, four and three.

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Eschelauer Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Silesia, Bavaria, Franconia.
Or, a hat Sable turned up Or resting on a cushion Gules tasselled Or.

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Eschelbach Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Gules, three antique knives Argent palewise in fess.

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Brandenburg.
Divided into seven diagonal bands: Azure, Argent, Gules, Argent, Gules, Argent and Azure.

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Eschenbach Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Argent, a bend wavy sable.

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Eschenbeck Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale gules and argent, a fess counterchanged charged with two lions facing one another, likewise counterchanged.

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Eschsteten Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Gules, a fess argent between three fleurs-de-lis or.

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Eschstruth Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a sinister arm in armour Argent, its hand proper holding a sword Argent hilted Or; second and third, Or, a tree on a terrace Vert.

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Eschwege Coat of Arms

Hesse, Franconia.
Per pale gules and argent.

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Eschweiler Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, a fess Sable with a Moor's head Sable in dexter chief.

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Esebeck Coat of Arms

Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, Austria.
Per fess: first, Azure, two roses Gules; second, Or, a rose Gules.

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Esel de Beeg Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Or, a mule passant sable.

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Eselfeld Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Argent, an ass passant gules on a terrace vert.

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Eselsburg Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Azure, a mule passant proper girt Argent, carrying a tower Argent on its back.

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Esens Coat of Arms

East Frisia.
Or, a bear rampant Sable collared and buckled Or.

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Esenwein de Virnsberg Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, a Hungarian vested Gules holding in his sinister hand a bunch of grapes proper with leaves Vert.

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Esich Coat of Arms

Hamburg.
Gules, a wreath of roses Argent and vine leaves Vert.

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Esinger called Edelknecht Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a rose Argent between three stars Or; second and third, Gules, a knight in profile fully armoured Argent, his helmet plumed with two feathers Or and Argent, holding a sword Argent, that in the third quarter facing sinister.

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Eskens Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, on a bend sinister Argent three oak leaves Vert; on a chief Argent, the Iron Cross, a military cross Sable bordered Argent.

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Esler Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Or, a donkey proper passant on a plank Gules fesswise.

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Espelbach Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Argent, two bends Gules, with a small triangular section Azure in one upper corner and another Azure in one lower corner. The printed blazon does not specify which corners.

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Espenhorst Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: first, Argent, a tree Vert on a mount Vert; second, Azure, a pair of stag's antlers Or.

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Espinol or Dumas de l'Espinol Coat of Arms

France, Prussia.
Argent, a tree on a terrace proper; on a chief Azure, a crescent Argent with horns towards dexter between two stars Argent.

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Essen (van or von) Coat of Arms

Westphalia, Livonia, Sweden, Pomerania.
Argent, on a bend sable three lozenges or conjoined at the points in bend.

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Essen (von) Coat of Arms

Frankfurt, Hesse.
Argent, a cross azure.

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Pomerania.
Per pale: first, Or, a cornucopia Gules palewise filled with flowers, its opening upwards; second, Argent, a vine entwined around its stake on a terrace, all proper.

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Essendorffer Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per bend: Azure, three crowns Or, each bendwise and arranged in bend; and Gules, a greyhound rampant Argent collared Gules; over the partition a bend divided lengthwise Gules and Azure.

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Esser (von) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Gules, a sinister arm in armour Argent, its hand proper holding a sword Argent hilted Or bendwise sinister and passing through a crown Or.

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Esslingen Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale Vert and Argent.

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Bavaria.
Per pale vert and argent.

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Estenfeldt Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Gules, three lions' heads and necks Argent.

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Esthach Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Bendy gules and or.

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Estinon Coat of Arms

Hamburg.
Or, a palm tree vert on a terrace of the same.

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Estken Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, azure a star or; second, gules a fess argent.

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Estocq (de l') Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a serpent Azure undulating fesswise; second and third, Argent, a leafy tree trunk proper on a terrace Vert.

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Estocq (von l') Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first, Or, an eagle Sable in profile facing sinister, beaked and membered Or; second, Azure, three stars Argent arranged one and two; third, Azure, a star Argent above a crescent Argent; fourth, Argent plain. On an inescutcheon per pale: first, Argent, a ragged staff proper bendwise sprouting three leaves Vert towards sinister; second, Or, a serpent proper undulating palewise.

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Estorff Coat of Arms

Bremen.
Vert, a ragged tree trunk Argent bendwise.

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Estorff (Barons) Coat of Arms

Brunswick.
Gules, two fleurs-de-lis Argent with their lower parts cut off, opposed at their bases and placed bendwise.

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Etlingsberger or Etlinsperger Coat of Arms

Saxony, Bavaria.
Or, two ragged staffs Sable in saltire, with a mount Vert in base.

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Etzbach Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, a wing lowered Sable.

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Etzdorf Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a stag springing Gules on a mount Vert, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Gules, a club-head in the form of a lozenge, per pale barry of three Argent and Sable counterchanged. On an inescutcheon Or, an eagle Sable.

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Etzenberg [formerly Pauer] Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per bend sinister Sable and Or, a lion counterchanged holding three trefoils Vert issuing from one stalk.

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Euen Coat of Arms

Brandenburg, Silesia.
Gules, a tree trunk fesswise sprouting three leafless acorns towards chief, all proper.

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Eulenburg Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, Or, a demi-lion Sable langued Gules, crowned Or and issuing from the partition; second, Azure, three stars Or. A bordure Or.

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Eulner Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Or, a castle of three embattled towers Gules, the middle tower covered by a pointed roof Gules.

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Euraspurg Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure chapé Argent, a chief Gules.

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Eusenmann Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Azure, three ears of corn Or on a mount Vert.

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Evenstein Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Or, three chevrons gules.

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Everde Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Argent, a boar salient Sable.

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Everhard Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale Argent and Gules, a bend Azure on the Argent and Or on the Gules, charged with a rose counterchanged.

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Everhardt de Miltenburg Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale Azure and Or, a rose counterchanged.

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Evinckhausen Coat of Arms

Westphalia, Lübeck.
Per pale: first, Azure, a wing Or reversed; second, barry Or and Azure.

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Ewil Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale Gules and Azure, an ox's skull Or overall.

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Exdorff Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Gules, three roses argent in bend.

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Exenschläger von Ehrnburg zum Stainpichel Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a fleur-de-lis Or; second and third, Or, a bull's head cabossed Sable. On an inescutcheon Azure, a greenish rock supporting a castle of two towers Argent, with three stars Or in chief.

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Eyb d'Eyerloh, formerly Pfau d'Eyb Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Quarterly of six: first, gules a lion rampant sable facing sinister, crowned or and holding a sceptre or, within a bordure compony argent and gules; second, argent three escallops gules; third, azure a covered cup or with an oval enamel gules on its front charged with a bishop's crozier or; fourth, azure a fess argent charged with two pales gules; fifth, argent two lions passant sable in pale; sixth, gules a fess argent.

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Eybeck Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per bend: first, Or, a bow Sable bendwise; second, Sable, a loaf Or in the form of a lozenge, placed bendwise.

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Eyben Coat of Arms

Mecklenburg.
Or, an eagle Sable between two trefoils Vert placed among its wings, with three round-headed nails driven into the eagle's head. The nails' tincture is not stated.

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Eyberg Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Gules, two shovels Argent in saltire.

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Eychelberg Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Per pale Gules and Argent, a leafless oak branch bearing five acorns, all Or, with Vert or Sable also recorded as alternatives, over the partition on a mount Vert.

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Eychelberger de Trutschler Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Azure, a rose bush Argent on a mount Gules.

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Eycher Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Or, on a bend Sable three leafless acorns Or following its direction, their stalks downwards.

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Eychholtz Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Or, a tower Gules with three roofed turrets Gules.

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Eycke Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, three pairs of pincers Sable.

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Eyff Coat of Arms

Prussia, Hesse.
Per pale: first, Argent, a wing Sable; second, Argent, a mortar Or on its carriage Gules. A chief Gules.

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Eyffler Coat of Arms

Hamburg.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a lion Gules; second and third, per fess, paly of four Argent and Gules counterchanged. On an inescutcheon Argent, a chevron Azure.

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Eynenberg Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a bend Or between six lozenges Or arranged in orle, each placed in the direction of the bend; second and third, Gules, an imperial crown Or.

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Eynern Coat of Arms

Rhine Province, Silesia.
Per pale: first, Azure, a mount of three peaks Vert supporting three ears of corn Or; second, Argent, a unicorn rampant Gules horned Or.

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Eyrich Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Argent, a dove proper perched on an olive branch Vert.

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Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Azure, a lyre argent on a terrace vert.

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Eys (von) Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Sable, on a chevron Or three horseshoes proper, their ends downwards, the two on the arms of the chevron following its direction.

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Eys called Beusdahl Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a cross Or; second and third, Gules, a bend Or between twelve billets Or, each placed bendwise, arranged one, two and three above the bend and three, two and one below it.

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Eysack Coat of Arms

Prussia, Bavaria.
Argent, a woman vested Sable, the lower part of her dress hemmed Argent, her hair loose and crowned Or, holding in each hand a hunting-horn Sable banded Or, both of which she blows.

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Eysenburg Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Azure, a castle flanked by two towers Argent, open Azure, with a horseshoe Or in chief, its ends downwards.

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Eysenreich Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Gules, a mill-rind Argent fesswise.

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Eyss Coat of Arms

Rhine Province, Nassau; Barons, 1782.
Quarterly in saltire: first and fourth, Or, a kingfisher Azure supported by a rose Gules seeded Or; second and third, Argent, two bars Gules. On an inescutcheon Argent, three bends sinister Gules.

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Eystätter Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Argent, a wolf's head and neck Gules.

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Eysvogel Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Argent, three kingfishers proper.

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Eytelwyn Coat of Arms

Saxony, Gueldre.
Azure, three bunches of grapes Argent with leaves Vert.

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Eytze Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, a fess Gules with a lion Sable in dexter chief.

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Eytzen Coat of Arms

Brunswick.
Azure, a lozenge Argent joined below to two small triangles Argent, the whole forming a large triangle.

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Eytzenriet Coat of Arms

Germany.
Sable, a canton argent.

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