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Genealogica &

Heraldica

Copenhagen 1980

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Genealogica & Heraldica

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Monday 25th August 1980. Photo: Atelier Bache.

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Genealogica

& Heraldica

Under the High Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Ingrid

Edited by

Sven Tito Achen

Report of

The 14th International Congress of

Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in Copenhagen 25.-29. August 1980

Published by

Samfundet for Dansk

Genealogi og Personalhistorie and Heraldisk Selskab

(Societas Heraldica Scandinavica)

G • ^e • c ^gad • Copenhagen

1982

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Vimmelskaftet 32 1161 Copenhagen K Denmark

The Congress badge, the Copenhagen mermaid holding the tree of genealogy and the shield of heraldry was designed by Baron Otto Haxthausen.

Printed by

AiO Tryk as, Odense ISBN 87-12-23528-8

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J. P. Brits: Genealogical Research in South Africa: Its Current Position and Relationship to Bio graphical Research, with Special Reference to the Role Played by Scandinavians in South Africa . 403 Carl-Erik Johansson: Finding Long Lost Relatives in the USA - Genealogical Research Across the Ocean... 417

Hermann Athen (f): Theoretische Genealogie... 421

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The 14th International Congress

of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences

in Copenhagen

from Monday 25th August to Friday 29th August 1980

Under the High Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Ingrid

Organizers

President: Rigsarkivar, dr.phil. Vagn Dybdahl Vice-president: Redaktør Sven Tito Achen

Sponsors

Samfundet for Dansk Genealogi og

Personalhistorie and Heraldisk Selskab (Societas Heraldica Scandinavica) Organizing Committee

Redaktør Sven Tito Achen, København Arkivsekretær Finn Andersen, København Arkivar Nils G.Bartholdy, Frederiksberg Kammerherre Henrik Berner, Clausholm Ekspeditionssekretær Finn H. Blædel,

Frederiksberg

Arkitekt Kurt Clauding, Valby f Kontorchef Ida Dybdal, København Baronesse Eva Haxthausen and Baron Otto

Haxthausen, Aix-en-Provence Tandlæge Per Hougaard, Roskilde Fru Karen Houmøller, Valby Fru Lise Lund, Odense

Redaktør Kirsten Prange and Universitetslektor Knud Prange, Brønshøj

Dr.h.c. Ole Rostock, Bagsværd Lektor Georg Simon, Gentofte

Afdelingsleder Jørgen Tvevad, Klampenborg Antikvar Allan Tønnesen, Frederiksberg Amtsdirektør Ernst Verwohlt, Roskilde

Arkivar Hans H. Worsøe, Viborg

Kontorfuldmægtig Steen U. Zangenberg, Holte Executive Committee

Arkivar Nils G. Bartholdy, chairman Redaktør Sven Tito Achen Kontorchef Ida Dybdal Universitetslektor Knud Prange Lektor Georg Simon

Secretary-General: Arkivar Nils G. Bartholdy

Committee of Patronage

Kulturminister Lise Ostergaard Undervisningsminister Dorte Bennedsen Museumsdirektør Finn Askgaard, Tøjhusmuseet Rigsbibliotekar Palle Birkelund, Det Kongelige

Bibliotek

Professor, dr.theol. Troels Dahlerup, Aarhus Universitet

Rigsarkivar, dr.phil. Vagn Dybdahl, Rigsarkivet Professor, dr.phil. Svend Ellehøj, Københavns

Universitet

Museumsdirektør, dr.phil. Povl Eller, F rederiksborgmuseet

Rigsantikvar, dr.phil. P. V. Glob, Nationalmuseet 7

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Kgl. ordenshistoriograf, professor, dr.phil. Tage Kaarsted, Ordenskapitlet og Odense Universitet

Museumsdirektør Erik Lassen, Kunstindustrimuseet

Professor, dr.phil. Knud Rahbek Schmidt, formand for Statens Humanistiske Forskningsråd

Rector magnificus, professor, dr.med. Erik Skinhøj, Københavns Universitet Professor, dr.phil. Niels Skyum-Nielsen,

Københavns Universitet

Hofchef, kammerherre K. C. greve Trampe Statens heraldiske konsulent Paul Warming Københavns overborgmester Egon Weidekamp Kgl. våbenmaler Aage Wulff, Ordenskapitlet

Dr. Heinz Friederichs, Federal Republic of Germany

Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Great Britain

Mr. Cecil R. Humphery-Smith, Great Britain

Dr.phil. Vagn Dybdahl, Denmark Mr. Nils G. Bartholdy, Denmark, Secretary S. A. R. Don Carlos de Borbön, Duque de

Calabria, Spain

Don Faustino Menendez Pidal de Navascues, Spain

Dr. Jean-Claude Loutsch, Academie Internationale d’Heraldique Le Baron Pinoteau, Academie

Internationale d’Heraldique

Bureau Permanent des Congres

Marques de Desio, Spain (f)

Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, Spain Chevalier Xavier de Ghellinck Vaernewyck,

Belgium

Mr. Gunnar Scheffer, Sweden (f) Lt. Col. R. Gayre of Gayre and Nigg,

Scotland

Baron de Vos van Steenwijk, The Netherlands

Jonkheer C. C. van Valkenburg, The Netherlands, President

Due de La Force, France Dr. H. R. von Fels, Switzerland Mr. Leon Jequier, Switzerland Dr. Hanns Jager-Sunstenau, Austria Dr. Franz Gall, Austria

Prince Alexandre de Merode, Belgium Mr. Roger Harmignies, Belgium Dr. Ottokar Israel, Federal Republic of

Germany

Place of Congress

The old main building of Copenhagen University, facing the cathedral. Entrance from the middle of Frue Plads.

The lectures were held upstairs, in rooms 6 and 7 (right) and 8 (left).

The Ancestors’ Inn

During the Congress the cellar in the oldest building of the University was turned into an inn, where wine, beer, coffee, tea and sandwiches could be obtained at moderate prices. Five hundred years ago the premises housed the University governing board and a students’

prison.

Registration, payment, hotel

All matters concerning registration, payment and hotel were handled by D.I.S. Congress Service Linde Allé 46-48, DK-2720 Vanlose, tel. 01 - 71 22 44.

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Programme

The opening of the Congress. On the rostrum the President, Dr. Vagn Dybdahl. On Queen Ingrid’s right, members of Bureau Permanent des Congres. In the foreground, members of the Organizers’ Committee. Photo: Bache.

The Congress Programme

Sunday 24th August

17-19 p.m.The Congress Bureau was open.

Monday 25th August

8 a.m. The Congress Bureau opened.

10 The doors of the University Ceremonial Hall were opened.

10.30 Her Majesty Queen Ingrid arrived.

Music: Ferenc Farkas (born 1905): Three Hungarian Dances. Intrada. Lapockas.

Ugros. Played by The Danish Wind En

semble.

Short opening addresses

in the five official languages of the con

gresses.

Rigsarkivar, dr.phil. Vagn Dybdahl, Pre

sident,

Lektor Georg Simon, Samfundet for Dansk Genealogi og Personalhistorie,

Redaktør Sven Tito Achen, Vice-President, Universitetslektor Knud Prange, Societas Heraldica Scandinavica,

Arkivar Nils G. Bartholdy, Secretary-Ge

neral,

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Listening to M. Michel Pastoureau’s lecture on “L’origine des armoiries: un Probleme en voie de solution”, Tuesday 26th August. Photo: Bache.

Jonkheer C. C. van Valkenburg, Bureau Permanent des Congrés.

Inaugural lecture

Landsarkivar, dr.phil. Harald Jørgensen:

»The Historical Background for Won

derful Copenhagen«.

Music: Carl Nielsen (1865-1931). Quintet 15 op. 43. Tema con variazioni. Played by The Danish Wind Ensemble.

Finished.

Free period.

Three lectures.

Room 6 Fritz Treichel: »Scharfrichter und

Abdecker in Norddeutschland mit Aus

blick auf Dänemark«.

Room 7 Troels Dahlerup: »Heraldry and Social Change in late Medieval Den

mark«.

Room 8 Hanns Jäger-Sunstenau: »Die Wappen der kaiserlich österreichischen Gesandten am Hof von Kopenhagen«.

Three lectures.

Room 6 Helge von Knorring: »Une famille norvegieane, consideree comme descen

dant de Louis-Philippe d’Orleans par un fils naturel de celui-ci, ne en Laponie fmlandaise en 1796, et d’une mere sue- doise«.

Room 7 Livio Missir de Lusignan: »Presen

ces danoises dans les genealogies latines d’Orient« (the lecturer did not turn up, 10

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and consequently there was no lecture).

Room 8 Conrad Swan: »The Most Hon

ourable Order of the Bath« (Dr. Swan, unfortunately, was not able to come, and the lecture was cancelled).

16.30 Reception at The Royal Library exhibi

tion »Pedigree and Coat-of-Arms«. En

trance from Rigsdagsgärden 11-13, through the garden. Refreshments offer

ed by the Library.

18 Meeting at the National Archives of Bu

reau Permanent des Congres, followed by dinner.

Evening at the disposal of participants. The Congress name badge admitted partici

pants free of charge to the Tivoli Gardens during the Congress.

Tuesday 26th August

9 a.m. Two lectures.

Room 6 Gunnar Christie Wasberg: »Norwe

gische Wikingergeschlechter und die eu

ropäischen Feudalgesellschaften«.

Room 8 Baron Otto Haxthausen: »The Royal Arms of Denmark«.

9.30 Coaches left Frue Plads for a guided tour of The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory or Bing & Grondahl Co

penhagen Porcelain.

Return c. 11.45.

10 Two lectures.

Room 6 J. P. Brits: »Genealogical Re

search in South Africa, its current Posi

tion and Relationship to Biographical Research«.

Room 8 Ivan Bertenyi: »Zur Problematik der Heraldik der antifeudalen Bauern

bewegungen«.

11 Meeting at the National Archives of Confederation Internationale de Genealogie et d’Heraldique, followed by lunch.

11 Two lectures.

Room 6 C. S. Schilbred: »Norwegian Fa

milies from Abroad«.

Programme Room 8 Franz Stundner: »Die Gemeinde

heraldik als Ausdruck neuer kommuna

ler Gesinnung«.

12-14 Free period.

14 Two lectures.

Room6//«n^F. Friederichs: »Christian II.

von Dänemark und seine Familienbe

ziehungen«.

Room 8 Jan von Konow: »On Sweden’s Order of the Seraphim«.

15 Two lectures.

Room 6 Hermann Athen: »Theoretische Genealogie«.

Room 8 A. Colin Cole: »The Order of the Garter«.

16 Two lectures.

Room 6 Georg Simon: »Weltweite gene

alogische Forschungsmöglichkeiten im dänischen Reichsarchiv. Ein Ausblick«.

Room 8 Michel Pastoureau: »L’origine des armoiries: un probléme en voie de solu

tion«.

19-21 Reception and buffet at Copenhagen’s Town Hall, where the guests were wel

comed by Mrs. Gerda Louw Larsen, chair

man of the Copenhagen City Council.

Opening of the exhibition “Copenhagen Heraldry and Genealogy”, arr. by the City Archives.

Wednesday 27th August

All-day excursion. No lectures.

8.30 Participants met on Frue Plads.

9 sharp Coaches left for Frederiksborg Castle, where the participants were welcomed by dr.phil. Povl Eller, director of the Mu

seum of National History at Frederiks

borg. Visit to the Chapel with heraldic plates of the Knights of the Elephant and the Knights Grand Cross of Dannebrog.

Visit to the exhibition »Danish Royal Orders of Knighthood«.

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c. 12.30 Lunch at Marienlyst, near Elsinore (Hel

singør).

c. 14.30 Visit to Kronborg Castle, where the par

ticipants were welcomed by Colonel Aksel Jørgensen, Keeper of the Castle.

Return to Frue Plads c. 17.30.

19.30 Reception at The Copenhagen Munici

pal Library exhibition »On the Track of Your Ancestors«. Entrance from Kultor

vet 2 (the exhibition was postponed, and the reception cancelled).

Thursday 28th August

9 a.m. Three lectures.

Room 6 Jan Raneke: »Die Lowenwappen im mittelalterlichen Skandinavien«.

Room 7 Kristian Hvidt: »European Sour

ces to Emigration«.

Room 8 Christiane Van den Bergen-Pantens:

»Chapitres de la Toison d’Or au XVe siécle. Quelques ensembles héraldiques conservés en Belgique«.

10 Three lectures.

Room 6 Prince Marcel Sturdza-Saucesti:

»Anciens blasons roumains du XIHe siécle« (Prince Sturdza-Saucesti, unfor

tunately, was not able to come, and the lecture was cancelled. Instead, another lecture was arranged:)

Else Marie Holm and Lisen Wikant: »The

ories about a Seal«.

Room 7 Paul-Anthon Nielson: »Julius Bil

letter, Notes and Comparisons to Origi

nal Bernese Vital Records«.

Room 8 Dan Cernovodeanu: »Contribu

tions å l’étude des origines lointaines de l’héraldique (Moyen Orient) et le déve- loppement de celle-ci du XIIe au XVe siedes å Byzance et dans le sud-est euro- péen«.

11 Three lectures.

Room 6 Szabolcs de Vajay: »Eudocie Com- nene, impératrice des troubadours«.

Room 7 Faustino Menendez Pidal de Navas- cués: »Comment les armoiries étaient comprises«.

Room 8 Tom C. Bergroth: »Die Kapelle vom Orden des Roten Adlers zu Bay

reuth und ihre Wappenschilde«.

12-14 Free period.

13.45 Coaches left Frue Plads for a gui

ded tour of the Carlsberg Breweries. Re

turn c. 16.30. Busses continued to recep

tion at Museum of Decorative Art 16.30.

14 Two lectures.

Room 6 Jørgen Tvevad: »Dänische dyna

stische Beziehungen zum Hause Bran

denburg-Preussen«.

Room 8 C. R.Humphery-Smith: »The Fea

ther«.

15 Two lectures.

Room 6 Carl-Erik Johansson: »Finding Long Lost Relatives in the U.S.A. - Ge

nealogical Research Across the Ocean«.

Room 8 Rémi Mathieu: »L’héraldique fran^aise contemporaine«.

16.30 Reception at the exhibition »A Journey into Heraldry«, the Museum of Decora

tive Art. Entrance from Bredgade 68.

Refreshments offered by Alfred Goods Personalhistoriske Fond.

18 Meeting at the National Archives of Aca

démie Internationale d’Heraldique followed by dinner.

Evening at the disposal of participants.

Friday 29th August

9 a.m. Three lectures.

Room 6 Rodolfo Signorini: »Le discours latin de Filippo Nuvoloni ä Christian I, roi du Danemark, de la Norvége et de la Suede, ä Mantoue le 12 mai 1474«.

Room 7 Hans H. Worsøe: »Foreigners in the Danish Provinces, Illustrated by Re- 12

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Programme cords of the Danish Provincial Record 11

Offices«.

Room 8 Ottfried Neubecker: »Die Kreuz

flaggen, mit besonderem Hinblick aufdie Verbindung zwischen Dannebrog und der Blutfahne des Heiligen Römischen Reiches«.

10 Three lectures.

Room 6 Jürgen Arndt: »Die Hofpfalzgra

fen (comites palatini), ihr Ursprung und ihre Entwicklung sowie ihr Einfluss auf

die Heraldik innerhalb und ausserhalb 12-14 Deutschlands«.

Room 7 Pontus Möller: »Newfound No- 14 blemen«.

Room 8 Baron Herve Pinoteau: «Les ordres de chevalerie du roi de France et l’heraldique».

Three lectures.

Room 6 Albert Panten: »Das ehemalige Herzogtum Schleswig als Auswande

rungsgebiet«.

Room 7 Svend Cedergreen Bech: »Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Eine historische Uebersicht«.

Room 8 Per Hougaard: »The Elephant and its Role in the National Symbolism of Denmark«.

Free period.

Three lectures.

Room 6 Tage Kaarsted: »The Biographies of the Danish Knights of Dannebrog«.

Room 7 Jean Typaldos-Lascaratos (read by Antoine De Lenda): »Blasons de families

Congress participants being welcomed by Mrs. Gerda Louw Larsen, chairman of the City Council, at Copenhagen’s Town Hall Tuesday evening. Photo: Bache.

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corfiotes d’aprés les manuscrits des am

bassades de la communauté de file de Corfou auprés des Doges, conservés aux archives historiques locales«.

Room 8 Adam Heymowski: »The Hedens- berg Armorial - a Handpainted Collec

tion of Danish Arms from the Early 17 th Century«.

15 Two lectures.

Room 6 Baroness Lydia Løvendal-Papae:

»Genealogische und heraldische For

schungen in Verbindung mit dem rumä

nischen Zweig einer dänisch-norwegi

schen Familie: Baron Løvendal«.

Room 8 Kurt-G. Klietmann: »Der könig

lich preussische Hohe Orden vom Schwarzen Adler, mit besonderem Hin

blick auf die heraldischen Aspekte« (Dr.

Klietmann, unfortunately, was taken ill and could not come, so that the lecture had to be cancelled. Instead, another lecture was arranged:) Dan Berindei:

»Mutations dans le sein de la classe diri- geante valaque au cours du deuxieme quart du XIXe siede«.

19 Closing banquet and dance at Moltke’s Palæ (Håndværkerforeningen), Dron-

ningens Tværgade 2. Dinner jacket (black tie) or dark suit.

0.30 End of dance and of the Congress.

Saturday 30th August

All-day excursion.

8.30 a.m. Participants met on Frue Plads.

9 sharp Coaches left for Roskilde.

10 Visit to Roskilde Cathedral with Danish royal tombs. The participants were wel

comed by Mr. Ove R. Engholmer, chairman of the Cathedral Council.

c. 11.30 Visit to the Viking Ship Museum, where the participants were welcomed by Mr.

Ole Crumlin-Pedersen, director of the Mu

seum. Refreshments were offered by Roskilde County Council.

13 Lunch at »Schweizerhuset« in Hertha- dalen.

14.45 Visit to Ledreborg Castle, where the participants were welcomed by Count Knud Holstein-Ledreborg.

c. 16.15 Coaches left Ledreborg Castle.

c. 17.30 Return to Frue Plads.

Evening at the disposal of participants.

Exhibitions

During the Congress the following heraldic and genealogical exhibitions were held in Copenhagen:

»Pedigree and Cbat-of-Arms/Stamtræ og våben

skjold« at the Royal Library/Det kongelige Biblio

tek, entrance from Rigsdagsgården 11-13 through the garden, Monday-Saturday 9-17, admission free,

»Heraldry and Regimental Colours/Heraldik og faner« at the Royal Arsenal Museum/Tøjhus- museet, Tøjhusgade 3, Monday-Saturday 13-16, Sunday 10-16, admission free,

»Royal Grants of Arms/Dansk kancelliheraldik gennem 450 år« at the National Archives/Rigsar- kivet, Tøjhusgade 1, all days 11-14, admission free,

»British-Danish Royal Marriages before 1600/Dansk-britiske kongelige ægteskaber før 1600« at the National Archives/Rigsarkivet, Rigs

dagsgården 9, Monday-Friday 9-17, Saturday 9-14, admission free,

»Copenhagen Heraldry and Genealogy/

Københavnsk heraldik og genealogi« at the Copen

hagen City Archives/Stadsarkivet, entrance 14

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Exhibitions

At the opening of the exhibition “Pedigree and Coat-of-Arms” at The Royal Library, Monday 25th August. Photo: Bache.

through the Town Hall, Rådhuspladsen, admission free,

»A Journey into Heraldry/En heraldisk lystvan

dring« at the Museum of Decorative Art/Kunstin- dustrimuseet, Bredgade 68, Tuesday-Saturday 10-16, Sunday 13-16. The Congress badge or card admitted participants free of charge,

»The Heralds’ Art/Heroldernes kunst« at Han

delsbanken, corner of Frederiksberggade and Ny

torv, Monday-Friday 9.30-16, Thursday 9.30-18, admission free. Also window display,

»Heraldica varia« at the Semper Ardens gallery, Holbergsgade 18, all days 10-20, admission free,

and at Frederiksborg Museum, Hillerød, all days 10-17: »Danish Royal Orders of Knighthood/

Kongelige ordener«.

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Acknowledgements

The Congress Organizers want to express their gratitude to the members of the Committee of Patronage (see p. 7) and to all other persons and institutions who helped us, most particularly to the following:

Mr. Erik Ellegaard Frederiksen, I.D.D., who de

signed the congress letterhead and all other printed matter connected with the Congress, and Mr. Erik A. Langkjær who supervised the English translation of the various Congress texts. They never wavered in their enthusiasm despite the often unreasonable deadlines and inconvenient working hours, always yielding their generous best.

M. Roger Harmignies, secretary-general of the 11 th Congress, in Liege 1972, and until recently secre

tary ofBureau Permanent des Congres, who from first to last guided and assisted us with untiring friendship and helpfulness.

Miss Elsebeth Lassen, of Copenhagen University, whose efficient help, so readily and charmingly proffered, was of great value.

Kjøbenhavns Handelsbank A/S, who donated the bags for the participants’ Congress material, and Taitopaino lippupaino, the Finnish flag manufacturer, in Tampere, who presented us with the 25 flags, each in its marble base, that graced our closing banquet, bags and flags being all decorated with the Congress mermaid.

For their great kindness and courtesy in admit

ting participants in the two Congress excursions free of charge, special thanks are extended to Colonel Aksel Jørgensen, Keeper of Kronborg Castle, at Elsi

nore; dr.phil. Henning Henningsen, director of Han

dels- og Søfartsmuseet at Kronborg Castle; Mr. Erik Thorsen, Warden of Roskilde Cathedral, and civil

ingeniør Ove R. Engholmer, chairman of the Roskilde Cathedral Council; museumsinspektør Ole Crumlin- Pedersen, director of Vikingeskibshallen (The Viking Ship Museum) at Roskilde; and Count KnudHolstein- Ledreborg, Ledreborg Castle.

As regards exhibitions, receptions and excur

sions, see also the Congress Programme, page 9-15.

The Congress Organizers are finally most grate

ful to Kong Frederik og Dronning Ingrids Fond til hu

manitære og kulturelle Formal, Undervisningsministeriet, Statens Humanistiske Forskningsråd, Lemvigh-Muller &

Munck A/S’s Fond and Accumulator-Fabriken A/S (Lyac) for their generous and very substantial con

tributions towards covering the costs of the Con

gress.

All these various forms of assistance - moral, practical, economic and otherwise - rendered by the persons and institutions mentioned above were of immeasurable help for the Congress Organizers, who want to thank everyone most sincerely for the support given and the confidence shown.

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Participants

Abbott, RichardA.

1034 North Nineteenth Street, Allentown, Penn. 18104, USA Achen, Sven Tito

Trondhjemsgade 4, 2. sal.

DK-2100 København 0 Alexy, Zdenko G.

Havlickova 3, CS-801 00 Bratislava Altwies, Michel

ruede Bragance7 L-Luxembourg Amerlinck,Teodoro Tres Picos 17, Mexico5, Mexico Arndt, Jürgen

Borussenstrasse18, D-1000 Berlin 38 Athen, Dr. Hermann (f)

Besenheide 16 D-2200 Elmshorn Mrs. Grete Athen Avis, Loni d’

Tollerstrasse 1/Whg. 154, D-5000Köln 30 Barta, F. Kenneth

29 Montsalas Drive Monterey, CA93940,USA Bartholdy, Nils G.

Platanvej 8,

DK-1810 København V.

Baumert, Herbert Erich Waldeggstrasse 5, A-4020 Linz/Donau Beckman-Johnsen, Ebba

KongGeorgsvej 52, stuen, 7, DK-2000 København F Berindei, Dan

Str. Deparateanu 8, R-78146 Bucuresti Berg von Linde,Sonja Tegnérgatan 29, S-l 11 40 Stockholm

Bergen-Pantens, Christiane Van d.

85, ChampduVert Chasseur, B-l 180 Bruxelles

Bergroth, Tom Christian Hantverkaregatan 7B. 13, SF-20100 Abo10

Berndtson, Nils

Linnankoskigatan 3A. 7, SF-00250 Helsingfors 25 Berner,Henrik

Clausholm DK-8370 Hadsten Bertényi, Dr. Ivan

XII., GaalJozsefut 24, H-l 122 Budapest Biegler, Thilo

Jungmannstrasse 22, D-2000 Hamburg52 Mrs. Helga Biegler Bjerring, Ole B.

Horsevænget 50, DK-2610 Rødovre Bjørn-Jensen, Chr.

Bangs bovej 42, DK-2720Vanløse Boissevain, Daniel L. G.

Parnassusweg 200, NL-Amsterdam 1076 AT Bolza, CountessAstrid

P.O. Box 133 Somerset West 7130 Republicof SouthAfrica Bonnivert-van Watteghem, R. M.

131rue Washington, B-l050 Bruxelles

Bounamde Ryckholt, Jonkheer Philippe de

SquareWiser 7 bte 20, B-l040Bruxelles Brits, Jacob Pieter

Department of History, P. O. Box392, ZA-Pretoria0001 Brownell, FrederickGordon

Bureau of Heraldry, Private Bag X 236, ZA-Pretoria Budde-Irmer,Dr. Ursula

Sonnenwall 19, D-4100 Duisburg 1

Bugallal yVela, Don Jaime 24, rueFleuriau 17000La Rochelle France

Bökwall, Christer Oxgränd 12, S-230 11 Falsterbo Mrs. C. Bökwall

Cadenasy Vicent, Don Vicente de Atocha 9. 1

E-Madrid 12 Camp, AnthonyJ.

Society of Genealogists 37 HarringtonGardens UK-London S.W. 7 Cedergreen Bech, Svend

Søtoften 21, DK-2820 Gentofte Cernovodeanu,Dan

16, Rue del’Abbaye F-75006 Paris

Christierson, Carl-Thomas von Halsskovgade 2, III, lejl. 304 DK-2100 København 0 Clottu, Dr. Olivier

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College ofArms, QueenVictoriaSt., UK-LondonEC4 Mrs. A. Colin Cole Croneborg,Rutger Thulehem 56, S-22367 Lund Crotty, Gerard A.J.

1, Ashe Quay, Fermoy IRL-Co. Cork Dahlerup, Dr. Troels

Bøgebjergvej 10, DK-8270 Højbjerg Degerman, K. H.

IrjalaGård, SF-03400 Vichtis

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Place dela Libération 1/37 B-4020 Liege

Dietz-Helmers, Adelheid ViaOrbisana 39 CH-6932 Breganzona Douglas,Percy

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Av.du Castel 18, Boite 4, B-1200 Bruxelles Mrs. J. Douxchamps Drenzel, Edward

Armémuseum, Box 14095 S-104 41 Stockholm Dybdahl, Dr. Vagn

Rigsarkivet, Rigsdagsgården 9, 1218 København K.

Denmark

Mrs. AnnegreteDybdahl Dybdal, Ida

Østerbrogade44, 3. sal, t.h., DK-2100 København 0 Ellegaard Frederiksen, Erik

Hardangergade 2, 2100 København 0.

Denmark

Mrs.Lotte Ellegaard Frederiksen Elowson, Bertil

Kämnärsvägen4:2030, S-222 45 Lund Eriksson, Olof

Mäyrätie 6 D, 57 SF-Helsinki Mrs. Salme Eriksson Falcon-Uff, Peter

84, Mawney Rd.

UK-Romford, Essex Falkenhagen, Ursula

Sinclairstrasse 3,

D-6380Bad Homburg v.d.H.

Fallows, George Frederick 17 Windermere LyttonGrove Putney UK-London SW15 2ER Friederichs, Dr. Heinz F.

Dehnhardtstrasse32, D-6000 Frankfurt 50 Fuyet de Koskull,Floriane

11 rue Hautefeuille F-75005 Paris

Gallen, Dr. Jarl Wilhelm Erik SF-02380 Esbo 38

Gayre of Gayreand Nigg, Lt.Col.

Baron

MinardCastle, Argyll UK-Scotland

Girard deSoucanton, Gustaf Baron

Tintrup, Immenweg 9, D-4933 Blomberg Green,Dr.Christopher D.

24Strawberrybank Dundee DD2 1BH UK-Scotland Groeneveld,HenkJ.

Poortstraat 54 NL-3572 HL Utrecht Guenter,Dr. Michael

Halkettstrasse 19 D-3100Celle Gärsner, Tore

O. Kristinelundsväg 25A S-217 48 Malmö Harmignies, Roger

rue Martin Lindekens 57 B-l 150 Bruxelles Mrs. Harmignies Harmo, Maunu Fredrik

Stengärdsgt. 1-C 14 SF-00260 Helsingfors 26 Hatcher, Noel P.W.

3 Cheniston Gardens, Kensington, UK-London W8 6TG Haxthausen, O. H.M. Baron

La Cerisaie,35 Travers Baret F-13100 Aix-en-Provence Baronesse EvaHaxthausen

Heim, H. E. Monsignor Bruno 54 Parkside

UK-London SW 19 5NF Heinicke, Brigitte

Nienburgerstrasse 30 D-3057 Neustadt/Rbg.

Henning, Eckart Luckhoffstr. 33 D-1000 Berlin 38 Heymowski, Adam

Malmbrinken 32/34 S-13200 Saltsjö - B00 Mrs. Ingeborg Heymowska Hiort, Esbjørn

Park vej 6

DK-2960 Rungsted Kyst Hoevel,Ruth

Steinweg 15

D-3550 Marburg/Hessen Hoff,Henry

300 Central Park West, New York, N.Y. 10024 USA

Holm, Else Marie Frøyasgate 2 N-Oslo Homann, Helge

Måns Anders S. 1 S-230 11 Falsterbo Hoogstoel-Fabri, Christiane

Av. Jean Laudy 10 B-1200Bruxelles Houben, Robert-Jan-Christian

Oranje-Nassaulaan73 NL-Amsterdam Hougaard, Per

Asylgade 6 4000 Roskilde Denmark

Humphery-Smith, Cecil R.J.

Alcroft Grange Hackington,

UK-Canterbury,Kent CT2 9NN

Mrs. A. E. G. Humphery-Smith Mrs. V. A. Humphery-Smith Mrs. Halina Klec-Pilewska Hvidt, Dr. Kristian

Esperance Allé 18 DK-2920 Charlottenlund

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Participants

The closing banquet at Moltke’s Paia Friday 29th August. There were twenty tables, each seating ten or eleven persons.

Photo: Bache.

Igali-Igalffy, Ludwig de Brodschekhof 7 A-1222 Wien

Mrs. Gertrud de Igali-IgalfTy Jankovic, Georg

Bundesministerium f.

Auswärtige Angelegenheiten A-1014Wien Jansen-Linse,Yvonne A.

Poortstraat54 NL-Utrecht Johansson, Carl-Erik

189 First Ave

Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 USA

Mrs. Maja Johansson

Johnson, Mary Elisabeth 147, Lowes Hill, Ripley, UK-Derby DE5 3DW Jones, MichaelWilliam

4, Wretham Rd., Ashbrittle, Mount Pleasant,Salisbury, Zimbabwe

Jäger-Sunstenau, Dr. Hanns LandstrasserHauptstrasse

140 A-1030 Wien Jørgensen, Dr. Harald

Jagtvej 10

DK-22OO KøbenhavnN.

Mrs. Harriet Jørgensen Jörris, Diethilde Babette

de Greiff-Strasse 195 D-4150 Krefeld 1

Karlai Kohl, K.J. A.

Joh. Verhulststr. 13hs NL-Amsterdam 1071 MP Mrs. K.J. A.Karlai Kohl Kaufholz, C. Frederick

R.F.D. Box 12 Lakeville 06039 Connecticut, USA Kessler, Gottfried

c/o Staatliche

Archivverwaltung der DDR BerlinerStrasse 98-101 DDR-15 Potsdam Kezdy Väsärhelyi,Dr. Bela de

Ulrikagatan 4, I 115 24Stockholm Ö Sweden

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From one of the tables during the banquet. ..

Kinberg,Cecil Toftekaersvej 11 DK-2820Gentofte Mr. Lennart Sandstrom Kinnane,Derk

8 bisrue Campagne Premiere F-75014Paris

Knorring, Helgevon Maringatan 8-10 C 26 SF-00160 Helsingfors 16 Ms. Denise vonKnorring Konow, Jan von

Sandelsgatan 14, 4tr.

S-11533 Stockholm Mrs. Astrid von Konow Korn,Elisabeth

Martinikirchplatz 5-6 D-4400 Münster Korn, Dr. Hans-Enno

Friedrichsplatz 15 D-3550 Marburg/Lahn Dr.Gunthild Korn

Kortbäk, Renate Aurehojvej25 2900 Hellerup Denmark

Koumbouris,Sophia A.

46 AstydamantosStr.

GR-Athens 516 Mr. George Papadopoulos Mrs. Mary G. Papadopoulos Kuczynski, Dr. Stefan K.

ul. Jana Styki 9/2 PL-03 928 Warszawa Mrs. ElzbietaPilewska-Rurak Kaarsted, Dr. Tage

Rosenvaenget 7A 5250 OdenseSV Denmark

La Force, Jacques Duc de 30 Av.Leman CH-Lausanne Duchesse de La Force

Ladner, Janet S.

4610Connaught DR Vancouver 9 B.C.

Canada Lassen, Elsebeth

Københavns Universitet, Konsistorialkontoret, FruePlads,

DK-1168 København K.

Laszloczky, Gr.Uff. Dr. Ladislao de

Piazza Mazzini 12/24 1-39100Bolzano Mrs. Adade Laszloczky Dr. Paolode Laszloczky Lauprecht, Anneliese

AmLehester Deich30c D-2800Bremen 33 Lawson, Donald Warren

Box996

Ridgetown, Ontario CND-NOP 2 CO

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Leask, Brian Willoughby Flat 5

15 CresswellGardens UK-London SW5 OBQ Leaskof Leask, Madam

1, VincentRoad Sheringham UK-Norfolk Lee, Gerard Anthony

“Hopeton”

33, Terenure RoadEast IRL-Dublin 6

Leemans,Elisabeth Laan van Oostergeest 1 NL-2 361 GA Warmond Mr. W. F.Leemans Leenaerts,Dr. RemyJ.

16MalibranStraat B-Bruxelles

Ms. E. Leenaerts-Vercammen Lindgren, Uno

Hakesky ttvägen 16 S-12530 Älvsjö

Lindhardt, KaiHee Steenstrups Allé 17, III 1924 København V.

Denmark

Louis-Dion-Biro, Mireille 3, Square Daumesnil 94300 Vincennes France

Mrs. Robert Louis

Loureda, S. E. Le Marquis de Calle de Zarauz 3 E-Madrid 23 Loutsch, Dr. Jean-Claude

10,Av. Marie-Thérése L-Luxembourg Lund, Lise

Langelinie53 DK-5230 Odense M.

Mr. E. H. Lund Lüder, Fritz

Schliessfach1341 D-5400 Koblenz/Rhein Mrs.HildegaardGolze-Lerdon

Participants Lovendal-Papae, Lydia Baroness

Str. Popa Savu 10, et. I, ap.4, Sector 1, Cod. 71.262 Bucuresti 63 Rumania

Prof. Ark. Radu MihaiPapae Mackeprang, Herbert

AachenerStrasse 24 D-1000 Berlin 31 Mandi, Hildegard

Nibelungengasse 16 8010Graz

Austria Manen, Hugo van

Minervalaan 45

NL-1077 NM Amsterdam Mrs. Maria van Rijckevorselvan

Kessel Martens, Jürgen

Spechtstrasse 15, Gravenbruch

D-6078 NeuIsenburg2

. . .and from another. Both photos by Hans-Enno Korn.

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Mathieu, Remi

2, Residence Beaufranchet 94170 Le Perreux France

Miss Sylvie Le Moel Mattern, Dr. Günter Sichternstrasse 35 CH-4410 Liestal Matthias, Peter

Münsterberg 6 D-2351 Boostedt Maynard, ComtesseDiane

Christine de

“Fresnay”

53460 le Bourgneuf deForet France

Meester de Ravestein, Baron Bernardde

Chateau B-2930 Hombeek Meesters, Gerhardus L.

Dantelaan32 NL-3533 VD Utrecht Meltz,Dr. Carl

Haydnplatz1 D-7500 Karlsruhe 1 Mrs. Lieselott Meltz

Menendez Pidal de Navascues, Don Faustino

Avenidade America 56 E-Madrid2

Mrs. Ines de Navascues y de Palacio

Meyer, Helmut Deckerstrasse 30

D-7015 Korntal-Münchingen Mommaal-Quispel, Helena

Kralingse Plaslaan 15B NL-3062 DA Rotterdam Moors, Anne-Marie

Evert Cornelisstraat 3, III NL-1077 KV Amsterdam Mueller, Walter

Ziestattstrasse129 D-8000München70 Mrs. HildegardMueller Möller, Pontus

Nybodagatan 5 S-171 42 Soina Mrs. Marianne Möller

Nelemans, Frans A.

Jonkerlaan 63

NL-2242 GC Wassenaar Mrs. M. Nelemans-Tjoeng Nentwig, Max Arnold

Weyerbergstrasse 23 D-2800 Bremen 23 Mrs. Barbara Nentwig

Nesci di S.ta Agata, Arturo Baron 62 Via Giulia

1-89100Reggio Calabria Neubecker, Dr.Ottfried

ProHeraldica Postfach 556, D-7000Stuttgart Mr. Herbert K. Mohr Mrs. Barbara Potzka Niedballa, Rudolf

D-5067 Kuerten-Duerscheid Niederstetter, Catterina

Biebricher Allee 121 D-6200Wiesbaden Nielson, Paul-Anthon

Geissgasse 12, CH-3800 Interlaken Nordenwall, Per

Börjegatan8 B,4 tr.

S-75224 Uppsala Norton, M. A.

Casa de Vicente, Frades 4830 Povoa deLanhoso Portugal

Numers, Berit von Topeliusgatan 9 A, 2 SF-00250Helsingfors 25 Olsson, Jan-Eric

Stocksnäsvägen9D S-575 00 Eksjö Paladini, Arlette

Av. deGreef276bte 150 B-1090 Bruxelles Palasi,Philippe

6, Place LeonBlum 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux France

Panten, Albert Andreas Kath.-Ingwersen-Weg 12 D-2260 Niebüll

Pastoureau, Michel

5, Rue Alphonse-Baudin (445) F-75011 Paris

Pinoteau, Le Baron 4 bisBd. de Glatigny F-78000 Versailles Podmaniczkyde Aszod, Janos

PeterRørdamsvej21 th.

DK-2400 KøbenhavnNV.

PopofT, Michel 25VillaPicardie F-94430 Chennevieres sur

Marne

Mrs. JacquelinePopofT Prange, Knud

DegnemoseAllé 26 DK-2700 Brønshøj Mrs. Kirsten Prange Pusch, Oskar

Schillerstrasse 41 D-Sinzig-Bad Bodendorf Puvogel, Liselotte

Schwachhauser-Heerstrasse 285

D-2800Bremen 1 Pye, Roger Fulton

65 Rua Alegre Foz do Douro 4100Oporto Portugal Påhlsson, Leif

Förtroligheten 4 S-412 70Göteborg Ramberg, Betty

Pontonjärgatan 15 S-112 37 Stockholm Raneke,Dr. Jan

Vallgatan3 S-234 00 Lomma Mrs. Ulla Raneke Rickers, Johanna

LothringerStrasse 5 D-3000 Hannover 71 Riese, Dr. Hans

Reddersenstrasse 44 D-2800 Bremen 33 Rosencrantz, Torsten F. H.

Midgårdsg. 17 S-216 19 Malmö

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Participants Rosendal, Erik

Bakkegårdsallé 6,I, th., DK-1804KøbenhavnV.

Rothe,Dr. Hans-Joachim c/o Zentralstelle f.Genealogie

inder DDR DimitrofT Platz 1 DDR-7010 Leipzig Rozemond, Anders J. H.

Oude Delft 169 NL-Delft

Mrs.An Rozemond-Adriaanse Saigal, Sunil

Kongsager 5 2620 Albertslund Denmark

Sameiro, Antonio Pedro de Sa Alves

Av. do Brasil, 126-3°, 1700 Lisboa Portugal Sandberg,Åke

Igelkottsvägen 81 S-161 45Bromma Saxild,HansWilhelm Bülowsvej 28, I 1870København V.

Denmark

Mrs. Inger HedemarkSaxild Schilbred, Cornelius Severin

Scheel

Holmenkollveien 29 N-Oslo3

Mrs. Margrethe Schilbred Schippers,Ariette

Knetemannstraat 16 NL-8701 WEBolsward Mr. Joep Hanraets Schlyter,Hans (f)

Norrlidsgatan 13 S-85250 Sundsvall Mrs.Ilse Schlyter Schmidt-Sibeth, Friedrich

Forstweg 61 D-2300 Kiel

Mrs. HenrietteSchmidt-Sibeth Schnibbe, Klaus

Ilbenstrasse 50 D-7743 Furtwangen 1

Schoch, Harriet-Buchwald Lersø Parkallé 28, II,opg.L, lejl. 131

2100 København0 Denmark

Scholes, David H.

14Barrie Ave.

Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y1W1 Canada Mrs. Doris J. Scholes Schutte, Otto

Van Speykstraat 78 NL-2518GEDen Haag Signorini,Rodolfo

Via AchilleSacchi7 I-Mantova Silkkilä, Onni Kalevi

SF-21530Paimio Simon, Georg

Snerlevej 33 2820Gentofte Denmark Mrs.D.Simon

Skovgaard, Edvard Fabricius Sonne

Kronebakken 45 DK-2830 Virum Sollbe,Henric

GamlaRådstugugatan 1 B S-60224 Norrköping Spens, Greve Erik

Berguddsvägen5 S-18233 Danderyd Grevinnan Gerda Spens Steen, Gudrun

Kragsbjergvej 78 DK-5000 Odense C.

Steenbock, Emma Gooskamp 18 D-2200 Elmshorn Stein, Neithard von

Siidweg 137 D-3064 Bad Eilsen Stolt, Lars C.

Valhallavägen 2,6 tr.

S-l 14 22 Stockholm Stundner,Dr. Franz

Prinz-Eugenstrasse52/4 A-1040 Wien

Swan, Andrew W. D.

310 GrosvenorAve.

Westmount Quebec CND-H3Z 2M2 Mrs.Ruth E. Swan Szwerinski, Hilde

Forstring127 D-6070Langen Thaden, Dr.Günther

Voltastrasse 148 D-2800 Bremen Mrs. Ursula Thaden Thompson, Dr. Neil D.

F.A.S.G.

380 Riverside Drive4-Q New York, N.Y. 10025 USA

Thott, Ake W. G.

Häckebergaslott S-240 13 Genarp Toit, Heinrich Du

P.O. Box 11391, Brooklyn, ZA-Pretoria 0011

Treichel, Dr. Fritz Herzhorner Rhin 8 D-2208 Glückstadt Tvevad,Jørgen

Christiansholms Parallelvej 6, DK-2930 Klampenborg Tønnesen,Allan

Godthåbsvej 79 DK-2000 København F.

Vajay, Szabolcs de

26, Avenue Victor Hugo F-75116Paris

Valkenburg, Jonkheer C.C.van 26 Den Texlaan

NL-2111CE Aerdenhout Mrs. van Valkenburg Vankoughnett, George L.

30Lakeshore Rd., Apt. 1414, Pointe Claire, Quebec CND-H9S4H2 Ms. Héléne Roy

Verwey-Koppies, HendrikaG.

Papegaailaan 24 NL-2566 XR Den Haag

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Mr. Peter Verwey Verwohlt, Ernst

Strandengen 4 DK-4000 Roskilde Vogeler, Dr. Wilfried

Hendrik-Witte-Strasse 4 D-4300 Essen

Volborth,Carl-Alexander von JanVanRijswijcklaan31

B-2000 Antwerpen Dr. Diana von Volborth VostotNederveen Cappel,

Hendrik A. E.de Laan van Rijnwijk 1, Flat A45,

NL-3709JL Zeist Vos Van Steenwijk,Albrecht

NicolaasBaron De Molenallee46

NL-6865 CHDoorwerth K. F.Baroness DeVos Van

Steenwijk

Warming, Paul Bredgade 4

1260 København K.

Denmark

Mrs.Marianne Horvath Wasberg, GunnarChristie

Drammensveien 42 N-Oslo 2

Wattiez, René-J.

Rue deFragnée 129 B-4000Liége Wensch,Kurt

Gutenbergstrasse 49 D-7054Korb(Remtal) Werder, Mariavon

Lehester Deich 30C D-2800 Bremen 33 Dr.Otto von Werder Wikant,Lisen

Ingiersvei 16 Oslo 11 Norway

Willumsen, Hanne Indenrigsministeriet DK-1218 København K.

Wilpert, August

Guardinistrasse 146/V D-8000München 70 I.H.Edith Prinzessin von

Sachsen-Coburg u. Gotha Ms. Maria Rowley

Wolfert, Alfred F.

Asbestweg 7 D-1000 Berlin 47 Mrs. Waltraud Wolfert Wollmershäuser, Friedrich R.

Stuttgarterstrasse 133 D-7261 Ostelsheim Worsøe, Hans H.

Haderslevvej45 DK-6200 Åbenrå Züblin,Johanna Susanna

Kasthoferstrasse CH-3006 Bern

Editor’s Note

With regard to the printed version of the forty-three lectures held at the Congress, the editor has con

fined his task to overseeing their production. Form

and contents have not been tampered with. Thus all the papers appear exactly as prepared by their au

thors.

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The Royal Danish Arms

O. H. M. BARON HAXTHAUSEN

In 1645 - I believe it was - the learned British author James Howell for the first time in the English language used the winged words “No news is good news”. It is my sincere hope that those of you who already are somewhat familiar with the royal

The legendaryfounder of the Danish kingdom, king Dan, as conceived about 1590, displaying the royal Danish arms: or seme of hearts gules, three crowned lions passant azure.

Danish arms will remember this and appreciate the profound wisdom of the saying when I have con

cluded my paper.

To those, for whom our royal heraldry is un

known land, I would like to say: I have tried my very best to make something complicated very sim

ple and easy. And I can assure you I am not going to tell you all about the royal arms simply because I don’t know everything.

As you may know, before heraldry we now have pre-heraldry. With this ingenious invention it is sometimes possible to make heraldry much older than it really is. Let us take an example: In an old book at the Royal Library we find an illustration which clearly proves that already the legendary king Dan of Denmark bore the Danish arms. Un

fortunately we do not know if ever, or when, king Dan lived but the book was painted and written about 1590 for the honourable Hak Ulfstand who was tutor to the young king Christian IV, and the book was used as his history book.

Another more serious example brings us to the Holy Land, to the Church of Nativity at Betlehem.

When we have passed the low entrance and got accustomed to the subdued light in this basilica we can see that most of the columns are decorated with paintings of saints. It is an exclusive selection naturally headed by the Virgin Mary with her new

born. But down the nave we find this man and near his head we can still distinguish his name: Sanct Canutus Rex Danorum - Set. Canute, king of the Danes. His left hand is resting on a shield shaped like an almond on which is a cross set with jewels.

Canute II was not a very popular king and for good reasons. He introduced the personal taxes in Denmark. Consequently he was killed at Set. Al

ban’s Church at Odense in 1086 by a crowd of peasants. Thanks to some English monks who wrote his legend and the efforts of king Eric

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nicknamed “the ever so good” the name he left behind him was completely changed and in 1101 he was canonized as a saint by the pope.

It is the oldest painting we have of any of our kings, painted in 1130 probably by an Armenian artist. Of course it is not a portrait but I think it gives a reliable picture of what a Christian prince and saint should look like in those days. And what is more important, it gives an excellent picture of what a shield looked like.

Column in the Church of Nativity in Betlehem with a painting, from about 1130, of Canutus, Rex Danorum

(1080-86).

On the next column is his Norwegian opposite number Set. Olav who also holds a shield with a cross. But Set. Eric of Sweden is missing. He was not yet killed when the paintings were done.

Two Scandinavian saints and kings selected for the decoration of the columns at the Church of Nativity at Betlehem is to me an indication of a considerable Scandinavian participation in the early crusades.

We can get another such indication from a pic

ture probably drawn by no less than Matthew Paris. It is the waterfront of the Holy Land with Scandinavian long-ships off shore. Many of the Scandinavian crusaders went by sea around Spain to Palestine. No wonder that one of the oldest Eng

lish rolls of arms equip the king of Norway with a shield with three long-ships.

Let us now turn to real heraldry. The birth certifi

cate not only of the royal Danish arms but of heral

dry as such in Denmark is the seal of Canute VI from about 1190. It was found in the archives of Schwerin in 1879.

We can proudly establish that our lions are senior to the English ones - which are from about 1198 — but more than that, we can indirectly prove that this birth certificate must have been issued some time after the actual birth because the dukes of Liineburg which were descended from Helen, a sister to Ca

nute VI bore a coat which was derived from the royal Danish arms. This means, it is most likely that their father Valdemar the Great who reigned 1157-1182 adopted the three lions.

But why three lions? Personally I think that there might be some connection between the lions of Swabia, Denmark and England.

The emperor Frederick Barbarossa who was also duke of Swabia had the idea that all kings of Europe should come and pay homage to him. Indeed very many did - with more or less reluctance. The kings of Denmark refused at least once, but we also know that they did go twice. Maybe on such an occasion the king of Denmark was given - not the imperial eagle — but the lions of Swabia as an honour and at the same time as a sign of the king as subordinate to the emperor.

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The oldest documentary evidence of the arms of Denmark, the seal of Canute VI (1182-1202), from about 1190.

Henry VI followed the line of Frederick Bar

barossa. When king Richard I in 1193 was released from captivity in Austria it was not directly but via the emperor. Perhaps king Richard at this occasion ended up with three lions.

This theory, however, has some weak points. One of them being that we don’t know if the Swabian lions really are that old.

Between the lions there are a great number of small figures. I shall leave it to you to interpret them as hearts or water-lily leaves, but we have reason to believe that they were originally meant to be water

lily leaves.

In the description of the actual royal coat of arms they are water-lily leaves. And in 1819 the number of leaves - or at that time hearts - was fixed at nine.

The lions were not originally crowned, but from Valdemar II - the brother and successor to Canute VI - and onwards they usually are crowned.

Until the Second World War the Danish lions were also the arms of Estonia and later Tallinn. It is a souvenir from the 13 th and 14th century when Denmark ruled Estonia.

Royal Danish Arms The frontparts of the three lions can be seen in the seal of Ribe town. It looks as if they are jumping from one of the towers of the cathedral. The seal is dated to the late 13th century. Denmark had no capital at that time but Ribe was often preferred as residence for the king.

In another contemporary seal we have the three lions at their full length on a shield at the gate

house. Most of the year this was just a ghost-town but for short periods it was ready to burst with people and fish. It was the herring market at Skanør in Scania (Skåne). It was of strategic importance situated between the North and the Baltic. It needed royal protection against the Hanseatic League and got it because the king held consider

able revenues from the market. Naturally the seal includes the three lions and two herrings.

Occasionally we see the royal arms with crest and helmet. The crest is two horns coated with ermine and dressed up with a number of peacock fans.

Queen Margrethe I was the last ruler of the old dynasty of the Valdemars. Long before she died in 1412 she had her sister’s grandchild Erik of Pomerania elected king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden - the three kingdoms which she had man

aged to unite in 1397 at Kalmar. But as long as she lived she continued to be in power. During this period she used a seal displaying three coronets -

A modern version of the coat-of-arms of the city of Ribe, on the west coast of Jutland, half the lions of the realm, half Ribe Cathedral. Probably the king and the bishop were joint masters of the town.

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the symbol of the union between the three Scan

dinavian countries.

Erik of Pomerania is the first king of Denmark to combine several coats of arms on one shield. The main shield is divided into four by a cross. This is the cross of the Danish flag, the Dannebrog, which also is in the first quarter held in the claws of the three Danish lions.

The second quarter with the three coronets is in all probability the symbol of the union, though some experts maintain they are the coronets which were adopted by king Albrecht of Sweden about 1364 as a supplement to the lion in the third quar

ter, the Folkunge lion.

The griffin which strangely enough turns its tail to the other charges represents king Erik’s title as duke of Pomerania while the inescutcheon with the lion holding the hatchet or axe of Set. Olav repres

ents Norway. The reason why Norway is in the center may be because Erik was first recognized as king in Norway.

The seal of Erik of Pomerania (1397-1439),first Danish king to combine several quarterings in the same shield.

The seal of the town of Skanor in southern Sweden, from about 1300. Skanor was famous for its annual herring market, protected by the king for whom it was a rich source of income. Drawing by Hallvard Tratteberg, after his book

“Borg i segl, mynt og vapen” (Norway 1967).

His and his queen Philippa’s arms can be seen as frescos at Elsinore Castle. The impaled arms can also be seen at Canterbury Cathedral.

At this time heraldry reached a very high stan

dard in Scandinavia. I was under the impression it was due to the influence of queen Philippa who was a daughter of Henry IV of England, but one of the English heralds has been kind enough to teach me that the good taste came from Denmark to England.

During the reign of Christopher of Bavaria the arms of Bavaria and Pfalz (the Palatinate) were placed in the royal arms. He also introduced a red quarter with a golden wyvern for the title as king of the Wends.

In 1448 count Christian of Oldenburg was elected king of Denmark, in 1449 king of Norway, in 1457 king of Sweden and in 1460 he was elected duke of Slesvig and count of Holstein.

His coat of arms consists of three shields on top of each other. There can be no doubt that the three coronets in the second quarter of the large shield represents Sweden. The handle of the Set. Olav hatchet in the third quarter is now curved, pre

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Genealogica &

Heraldica

Copenhagen 1980

Genealogica & Heraldica

Genealogica

& Heraldica

Under the High Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Ingrid

Edited by

Sven Tito Achen

Report of

The 14th International Congress of

Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in Copenhagen 25.-29. August 1980

Published by

Samfundet for Dansk

Genealogi og Personalhistorie and Heraldisk Selskab

(Societas Heraldica Scandinavica)

G • e • c gad • Copenhagen

1982

Contents

The 14th International Congress

of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences

in Copenhagen

from Monday 25th August to Friday 29th August 1980

Organizers

Committee of Patronage

Bureau Permanent des Congres

Place of Congress

The Ancestors’ Inn

Registration, payment, hotel

The Congress Programme

Sunday 24th August

Monday 25th August

Tuesday 26th August

Wednesday 27th August

Thursday 28th August

Friday 29th August

Saturday 30th August

Exhibitions

Acknowledgements

Participants

Editor’s Note

The Royal Danish Arms

G • ^e • c ^gad • Copenhagen