Andreas Creusen

ANDREAS CREUSEN

Born: 1591
Deceased: November 9, 1666

Bishop of Roermond, 1651-1657
Archbishop of Mechelen, 1657-1666

Bishop of Roermond

Archbishop of Mechelen

Official blazon
Dutch	In goud drie palen van keel, een schildhoofd van sinopel, beladen met drie penningen van zilver. Motto: VICTRIX FORTUNAE SAPIENTIA
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are based on the arms of the Creusen family, which used three pellets (black balls) on a silver field (Habets, 1890). Why the colours are different is not known.

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His seal from 1652
The arms in a book from around 1660
The arms in a book from 1719
The arms on an engraving from 1724

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