History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations (1894)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 · Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 155
pon the fortified gates of cities. On thereturn of the first crusaders they were introduced and propagatedamong the nobility, clergy, and gentry, who called them family arms.Thus originated the modern system of heraldry. Stephen of Blois, grandson of WiUiam the Conqueror by hisdaughter Adel,… … .1- or Ul.Ol.llhr. Henry II., 1154-118*.», surnaiiiod The rianlai^enet, succeeded Ste-phen, and adopted the green l>ruoni, or riantc Gnut (II portoit viujG-cnnclt cntre deux Plantcs dc Gcncstc), fur his device. The .sur-name came from his father, Geoffrey, Countof Anjou, who, having committed a…
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