[size=+2]B. The Coats of Arms of the Færeying[/size]
The Þorbiǫrnlings
As bailiff of the Faroes, Þorbiǫrn Færeying's coat of arms originally consisted of azure, a ram statant proper. Upon his independence from Sweden, he restored his family's arms: ... impaled with gules, lion rampant or, crowned and bearing an axe with blade argent. Following his marriage to Matilda, heiress of Strathearn and Orkney, he additionally displayed her family's arms ... over all an inescutcheon of pretence gules, two chevrons or.
As a vassal of the Norse king, Ingi the Crooked initially did not display the Norse lion, but on his inheritance held arms azure, a ram statant proper for Faery; gules, two chevrons or for Strathearn. Upon leaving Norway, he impaled the royal Norse arms to these. Rather than the arms of William the Lion, he bore the St. Andrew's Cross upon his election as King of the Scots: pale azure, a saltire argent. This was quartered with the Irish arms azure, harp of Brian Boru or upon his coronation as High King.
During the time of his reign as King of Italy, rather than take the insignia of any other reigning house, he used the arms or, Iron Crown of Lombardy proper.
Saint Áslákr originally bore his father's arms, labelled argent, but upon election to the kingship removed the chevrons for Strathearn. Upon taking the cross, for the remainder of his life he bore a shield gules, agnus dei passant argent with nimbus and ax or, blade argent. Following his canonization, this was used by his descendants for their familial arms.
As count of Lancaster, Magnús the Exceedingly Rich bore the family arms quartered with the Red Hand of his father's lands in Ulster under the Crouchback's label France of three points. Upon his creation as duke of the Scots, he wore this over the St. Andrew's cross. As king of the Scots, he included a quarter for Wales: As Deheubarth had long since and freely pledged allegiance to Scotland and Dyfed was the richest of the Welsh provinces, the blazon of its former house of Dinefwr (gules, a lion rampant or, a border engrailed of the last) was used in preference to that of Gwynedd.
The Þorbiǫrnlings
As bailiff of the Faroes, Þorbiǫrn Færeying's coat of arms originally consisted of azure, a ram statant proper. Upon his independence from Sweden, he restored his family's arms: ... impaled with gules, lion rampant or, crowned and bearing an axe with blade argent. Following his marriage to Matilda, heiress of Strathearn and Orkney, he additionally displayed her family's arms ... over all an inescutcheon of pretence gules, two chevrons or.
As a vassal of the Norse king, Ingi the Crooked initially did not display the Norse lion, but on his inheritance held arms azure, a ram statant proper for Faery; gules, two chevrons or for Strathearn. Upon leaving Norway, he impaled the royal Norse arms to these. Rather than the arms of William the Lion, he bore the St. Andrew's Cross upon his election as King of the Scots: pale azure, a saltire argent. This was quartered with the Irish arms azure, harp of Brian Boru or upon his coronation as High King.
During the time of his reign as King of Italy, rather than take the insignia of any other reigning house, he used the arms or, Iron Crown of Lombardy proper.
Saint Áslákr originally bore his father's arms, labelled argent, but upon election to the kingship removed the chevrons for Strathearn. Upon taking the cross, for the remainder of his life he bore a shield gules, agnus dei passant argent with nimbus and ax or, blade argent. Following his canonization, this was used by his descendants for their familial arms.
As count of Lancaster, Magnús the Exceedingly Rich bore the family arms quartered with the Red Hand of his father's lands in Ulster under the Crouchback's label France of three points. Upon his creation as duke of the Scots, he wore this over the St. Andrew's cross. As king of the Scots, he included a quarter for Wales: As Deheubarth had long since and freely pledged allegiance to Scotland and Dyfed was the richest of the Welsh provinces, the blazon of its former house of Dinefwr (gules, a lion rampant or, a border engrailed of the last) was used in preference to that of Gwynedd.
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