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Ive been seeing this online for a long time, especially on Wikipedia and we know how fragmanted HRE were especially in high Medieval ages. So how Quaternion Eagle is comprehensive at all? Or is it just representing some major fiefs on the heart of HRE? What do you think?

Image Credit: Wikipedia - The Quaternion Eagle, hand-coloured woodcut (c. 1510) by Hans Burgkmair and modern drawing.

And some good sources about the subject will be much appreciated, thanks.

Historical or fantasy-based all suggestions more than welcome, thank you.

Image Credits: Wikipedia - Pages from Chronica Hungarorum, Thuróczy Chronicle, Chronicle of the Hungarians, 15th c. by Johannes Thuróczy.

1 & 2 - Pic 1, pg.1 -The great coats of arms of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1458–1490) Pic 1, pg. 2 - Saint Ladislaus Chases the Cuman Warrior Who Kidnapped a Girl.

3 & 4 - King Saint Ladislaus of Hungary (1077–1095) with his CoA.

5 - King Attila with his banner.

6 - King Saint Stephen and Prince Saint Emeric respresented with banners.

7 - King Béla IV enthroned and with his CoA.

8 - King & Emperor Sigismund the Holy Roman Emperor represented with his empiredom and kingdom banners enthroned on a celestial throne of HRE & Kingdom of Hungary.

Kruševac Fortress or City of Prince Lazar (Serbian: Крушевачки град, Kruševački grad) was a medieval fortified town in Kruševac, Serbia, former capital of Prince Lazar. The city housed the court church, Lazarica. Today, all that remains of the town are ruins.

The Fortress of Kruševac was first mentioned in 1381, so it was most likely built by Prince Lazar, becoming the seat of his realm – Moravian Serbia. He ruled his country from Kruševac, as attested by signature and record in a charter issued in 1387 which includes the phrase In the famous city of my dominion Kruševac (у славноме граду господства ми Крушевцу).

Lazar's son and successor Stefan Lazarević managed the despotate from Kruševac until 1405, when the capital was moved to Belgrade, which he began renewing and refortifying in that year. Kruševac never lost its strategic importance, however. It was the meeting place of despot Stefan and Sultan Mehmed I in 1413.

Struggles over the control of the city took place throughout the first half of the 15th century. It was occupied by the Turks briefly in 1413 and in 1427, and by Hungarians in 1437. After signing an agreement on the restoration of the Despotate, Đurađ Branković regained Kruševac in 1444. In 1454, the Ottomans launched an offensive with the goal of subduing the entirety of Serbia. At the beginning of the offensive, the Ottomans suffered enormous losses, especially in the Battle of Kruševac. The massive casualties inflicted on the Ottomans prompted Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror to personally reinforce his offensive using his entire Rumelian army. The city finally fell under Ottoman rule, along with the rest of the Despotate, later in 1454.

Image Credits: Wikipedia & Wikimapia

1 & 2 - Recreation of Kruševac Fortress Donjon.

3 & 4 - Current remnants of the castle.

5 & 6 - 3D reconstruction of the castle as whole.

Kruševac Fortress or City of Prince Lazar (Serbian: Крушевачки град, Kruševački grad) was a medieval fortified town in Kruševac, Serbia, former capital of Prince Lazar. The city housed the court church, Lazarica. Today, all that remains of the town are ruins.

The Fortress of Kruševac was first mentioned in 1381, so it was most likely built by Prince Lazar, becoming the seat of his realm – Moravian Serbia. He ruled his country from Kruševac, as attested by signature and record in a charter issued in 1387 which includes the phrase In the famous city of my dominion Kruševac (у славноме граду господства ми Крушевцу).

Lazar's son and successor Stefan Lazarević managed the despotate from Kruševac until 1405, when the capital was moved to Belgrade, which he began renewing and refortifying in that year. Kruševac never lost its strategic importance, however. It was the meeting place of despot Stefan and Sultan Mehmed I in 1413.

Struggles over the control of the city took place throughout the first half of the 15th century. It was occupied by the Turks briefly in 1413 and in 1427, and by Hungarians in 1437. After signing an agreement on the restoration of the Despotate, Đurađ Branković regained Kruševac in 1444. In 1454, the Ottomans launched an offensive with the goal of subduing the entirety of Serbia. At the beginning of the offensive, the Ottomans suffered enormous losses, especially in the Battle of Kruševac. The massive casualties inflicted on the Ottomans prompted Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror to personally reinforce his offensive using his entire Rumelian army. The city finally fell under Ottoman rule, along with the rest of the Despotate, later in 1454.

Image Credits: Wikipedia & Wikimapia

1 & 2 - Recreation of Kruševac Fortress Donjon.

3 & 4 - Current remnants of the castle.

5 & 6 - 3D reconstruction of the castle as whole.

Kruševac Fortress or City of Prince Lazar (Serbian: Крушевачки град, Kruševački grad) was a medieval fortified town in Kruševac, Serbia, former capital of Prince Lazar. The city housed the court church, Lazarica. Today, all that remains of the town are ruins.

The Fortress of Kruševac was first mentioned in 1381, so it was most likely built by Prince Lazar, becoming the seat of his realm – Moravian Serbia. He ruled his country from Kruševac, as attested by signature and record in a charter issued in 1387 which includes the phrase In the famous city of my dominion Kruševac (у славноме граду господства ми Крушевцу).

Lazar's son and successor Stefan Lazarević managed the despotate from Kruševac until 1405, when the capital was moved to Belgrade, which he began renewing and refortifying in that year. Kruševac never lost its strategic importance, however. It was the meeting place of despot Stefan and Sultan Mehmed I in 1413.

Struggles over the control of the city took place throughout the first half of the 15th century. It was occupied by the Turks briefly in 1413 and in 1427, and by Hungarians in 1437. After signing an agreement on the restoration of the Despotate, Đurađ Branković regained Kruševac in 1444. In 1454, the Ottomans launched an offensive with the goal of subduing the entirety of Serbia. At the beginning of the offensive, the Ottomans suffered enormous losses, especially in the Battle of Kruševac. The massive casualties inflicted on the Ottomans prompted Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror to personally reinforce his offensive using his entire Rumelian army. The city finally fell under Ottoman rule, along with the rest of the Despotate, later in 1454.

Image Credits: Wikipedia & Wikimapia

1 & 2 - Recreation of Kruševac Fortress Donjon.

3 & 4 - Current remnants of the castle.

5 & 6 - 3D reconstruction of the castle as whole.

Image Credit: Early depiction of Jeanne d'Arc & her Gentile Dauphin Charles VII the Victorious. (By Clément de Fauquembergue & Jean Fouquet, mid 15th c.).

Image Credits:

1 - Coat of Arms granted by Charles VII to the d'Arc's family for her bravery and valor. (Wikipedia)

2 - Modern interpretation of Jeanne d'Arc's crests. (Unknown Artist)

3 - CoAs, crests and flags of d'Arc family. (Orléans Cathedral)

4 & 5 - France at the times of Jeanne d'Arc (Unknown Medieval Atlas)

6 - Early depiction of Jeanne d'Arc & her Gentile Dauphin Charles VII. (By Clément de Fauquembergue & Jean Fouquet, mid 15th c.)

7 - Siege of Orléans in 1428 CE from the 15-century CE manuscript Vigiles de Charles VII (c. 1484 CE).

8 - Coronation of Charles VII  in Reims (miniature from the Vigiles du roi Charles VII (Vigils of King Charles VII) by Martial d'Auvergne Paris, BnF Manuscripts department).

9 & 10 - Current look of the Reims Cathedral; entrance, apse (left), transept (centre), nave and west front (right). (Wikipedia)

11 - Interior of the Reims Cathedral. (Wikipedia)

Jeanne D'arc’s arrival at Orléans in April 29th 1429 felt less like a normal military reinforcement and more like medieval France collectively deciding to respawn its morale bar.

At the time, the English and their Burgundian allies were crushing the French during the Hundred Years’ War, and Orléans was basically the last locked gate before the Loire valley collapsed. Then suddenly this teenage peasant girl from Domrémy shows up claiming saints told her to save France and escort the Dauphin, Charles, to Reims for coronation.

What’s wild is that she actually changed the atmosphere overnight. Contemporary accounts constantly mention how soldiers and civilians became energized around her presence. Joan pushed for aggressive assaults instead of passive defense, and within days the English siege fortifications around Orléans started falling one by one. The siege was lifted on May 7/8, 1429.

After that came the political masterstroke: marching Charles through hostile territory to Reims Cathedral, the traditional coronation site of French kings. Charles VII was crowned there in July 1429, turning a shaky claimant into a legitimate anointed king. Joan didn’t win the whole war alone, but she absolutely changed its psychological gravity.

A very deconstructive one also. I enjoyed it very much, hope you do also..

The Tournament of Chauvency was held for six days from 1 October 1285 in the village of Chauvency-le-Château, near Montmédy, northern France. It was attended by knights from Burgundy, Hainaut, Flanders, Germany for jousting and other activities, including mass, mêlées, discussions of chivalric values and awarding of the chaplet.

The tournament was dedicated to Henry IV, Count of Salm, and organised by Louis V, Count of Chiny. Louis V used the occasion to promote his family's illustrious history, from being descended from Charlemagne to his ancestor Arnold I, Count of Chiny, sending his sons to fight in the First Crusade.

The events were documented in the poem le Tournoi de Chauvency by the 13th-century trouvère Jacques Bretel, signed and dated on October 1285. The miniatures of the Oxford manuscript show knights struggling during the jousting and other activities of the tournament.

61 knights, 41 ladies and 16 heralds are explicitly named in the Bretel poem; more likely attended. The arms of sixty knights named in the poem are represented here, some which are blazonned in the text while others are featured in the miniatures.

Danish Heraldist Steen Clemmensen's study (1-60) has been used for numbering and listing here. Some arms are not blazoned or not found left blank.

First six images from illuminated manuscript of the poem's book describing feasting and jousting activities of the event from 13-14th c, reserved in University of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Douce 308.

The Tournament of Chauvency was held for six days from 1 October 1285 in the village of Chauvency-le-Château, near Montmédy, northern France. It was attended by knights from Burgundy, Hainaut, Flanders, Germany for jousting and other activities, including mass, mêlées, discussions of chivalric values and awarding of the chaplet.

The tournament was dedicated to Henry IV, Count of Salm, and organised by Louis V, Count of Chiny. Louis V used the occasion to promote his family's illustrious history, from being descended from Charlemagne to his ancestor Arnold I, Count of Chiny, sending his sons to fight in the First Crusade.

The events were documented in the poem le Tournoi de Chauvency by the 13th-century trouvère Jacques Bretel, signed and dated on October 1285. The miniatures of the Oxford manuscript show knights struggling during the jousting and other activities of the tournament.

61 knights, 41 ladies and 16 heralds are explicitly named in the Bretel poem; more likely attended. The arms of sixty knights named in the poem are represented here, some which are blazonned in the text while others are featured in the miniatures.

Danish Heraldist Steen Clemmensen's study (1-60) has been used for numbering and listing here. Some arms are not blazoned or not found left blank.

First three images from illuminated manuscript of the poem's book describing feasting and jousting activities of the event.

About: Phantom Byzantium - 1453.

1- First time i see frog on a CoA. How accurate is it and if so why did they choose it?

2- Where is the Milan & Navarre connection comes from to Houses Valois & Bourbon, by land or marriage?

3- What is the book represented at House Bourbon-Orléans, the Old Testament or Bible?

4- What is the fish as the symbol of Heir to the Throne,The Dauphine, dolphin? If so why they represented it that way?

5- And what is the meaning of "Peerage"? Feudal lordships loosely bounded to the realm?

Image Credit: Wappen Wiki

Almost a quarter century past from this masterpiece. What are your thoughts?

Image Credits:

(Clockwise)

English king Edward I paying homage to Philip IV (The Fair).

Charles V's entry into Paris.

Coronation of Charles VI (The Mad).

Charlemagne crowning by Pope Leo III.

By Jean Fouquet for Grandes Chroniques de France book (circa 1455).

Image Credits: Wikipedia - Notable rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy - Philip the Bold / John the Fearless / Charles the Bold.