Origin and history of the American flag 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 (1917)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885, Asnis, Charles Edward · Philadelphia, N. L. Brown · leaf 159
^ and gentry, who called them family arms.Thus originated the modern system of heraldry. Stephen of Blois, grandson of William the Conqueror by hisdaughter Adel, 1135-1154, adopted for his banner the sagittary, anemblem of hunting, and the ensign of the city of Blois, whence hederived his title of… … Henry II., 1151-1189, surnaiued The Plantagenet, succeeded Ste-phen, and adopted the green broom, or Plante Genet {11 portoit imgG-ennett enlre deux Plantes de Geneste), for his device. The sur-name came from his father, Geoffrey, C!ountof Anjou, who, having committed a crime,p u n i s h e d…
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