Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 326
er of the period of James V. andhis mother the sister of Henry VIII. 304 THE FAMILY ALLIANCES bears for crest, issuing out of a crown, a lion, crowned, and hold-ing a sword. Queen Margaret has for her patron Saint Canute of Denmark,who is attired in armour, and holds a standard, the staff of… … The arms of queen Margaret are divided by the cross of Danne-brog, which has descended to our own day in the royal atchieve-ment of Denmark. The first quartering is that of Scandinaviaor Sweden. In the second are the three lions of Denmark; inthe third the lion and axe of Norway; and in the fourth…
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