Just curious, where did you guys (I guess MKJ) find the info about the Morean coat of arms?
CONSTANTINE XI PALAEOLOGOS (1404-1453) , also called Dragases, last Byzantine emperor, was born in 1404 in Mistra, the son of Emperor Manuel II. He was trained as a soldier, and in 1441 conquered the peninsula of Morea in Greece, which had been under the Frankish principality of Achaia, a state established by the Crusaders.
The Franks gained possession of the western Peloponnesos in 1205 at the close of the last crusade and held it for more than two centuries as the Principality of Achaia. The Morea, a name derived from mulberry, became the popular and usual designation for this region.
Wouldn't the Achaia coat of arms be more appropiate?
Achaia: bendy of 6 or and gules.
http://www.heraldica.org/topics/national/italy1.htm
EDIT: Don't sure about this after some more research...
Also the arms of Mazovia seems inaccurate to my knowledge, or is that just to differ it from the polish arms?
CoA of the ancient Dukes of Mazowsze (Mazovia in English).
http://www.ngw.nl/int/pol/prov/mazowsze.htm
CONSTANTINE XI PALAEOLOGOS (1404-1453) , also called Dragases, last Byzantine emperor, was born in 1404 in Mistra, the son of Emperor Manuel II. He was trained as a soldier, and in 1441 conquered the peninsula of Morea in Greece, which had been under the Frankish principality of Achaia, a state established by the Crusaders.
The Franks gained possession of the western Peloponnesos in 1205 at the close of the last crusade and held it for more than two centuries as the Principality of Achaia. The Morea, a name derived from mulberry, became the popular and usual designation for this region.
Wouldn't the Achaia coat of arms be more appropiate?
Achaia: bendy of 6 or and gules.
http://www.heraldica.org/topics/national/italy1.htm
EDIT: Don't sure about this after some more research...
Also the arms of Mazovia seems inaccurate to my knowledge, or is that just to differ it from the polish arms?
http://www.ngw.nl/int/pol/prov/mazowsze.htm
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