Wattignies

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WATTIGNIES

Département : Nord

Official blazon

(fr) D'or au sautoir bretessé et contre-bretessé de sable.

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Origin/meaning

The arms are derived from the arms of the Kessel family, as in 1610 Philips van Kessel (Lords of Milleville, Lambersart, Joncquoi and Belbus) married Madeleine Van Appeltern and became Lord of Wattignies though this marriage.