Auvergne
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AUVERGNE (Province)
| French | D'or au gonfanon de gueules frangé de sinople. |
| English | Or, a gonfannon gules outlined with sinople. |
Origin/meaning
The gonfanon, emblem of Auvergne, supposedly originated from the banner which Eustace III carried, Count of Boulogne, at the time of the conquest of Jerusalem with his/her brother Godefroy de Bouillon. Auvergne was made a hereditary duchy by the king Jean II the Good in 1360, became joined to the Crown in 1531 and joined with France in 1610.
 The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708) |
 The arms in Traversier (1842) |
 The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932 | |
 The arms on a postcard by Kroma |
 The arms on a Barré Dayez Postcard |
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