Par Mael Baude
Revealed on August 17th 22 at 6:00 am
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The five banners from Fougère Castle floating over the ramparts for several years.
Plainly obvious on the wall that connects the Guémadeuc Tower and the tour de Coignyat the amount of to start with speakerin entrance of spot Raoul II, they can intrigue. A dilemma, not so stupid, might have now crossed your thoughts: “but what is their meaning? ”
5 coats of arms, 5 family members
It is merely the coats of arms of the key family members possessing owns or dominated the chateau. In chronological get we locate that of Lusignanoof the Guibeof the They bendof the Haye-Saint-Hilaire And Pommereuil.
The Lusignano
The Lusignanocoming from Poitoutake regulate of ferns right after the wedding day of Hugues de Lusignano, account of Angoulêmeto Joan of Fougeres in 1253. Their coat of arms is an affiliation of coat of arms of the Lusignano (horizontal white and blue bands) with purple lion, preliminary coat of arms of the kingdom of cyprus.
In heraldry (specialized language to describe the coats of arms) this offers: “Barrel silver and blue of 8 items, with a red lion, armed, languished and crowned with gold, scarred all more than”.
La Guibe
The loved ones of Guibe appear to electrical power a ferns by way of Jacques de Guibein 1498. In heraldrytheir coat of arms is explained as follows: “silver with three crimson binoculars accompanied by 6 blue shells, on a gold head”.
–Le Plesguen
The They bend take control of ferns with Bertrand de Plesguen who will become the Captain in 1527. Their coat of arms is produced up of three “blue shells” on a purple history.
The Hague-Saint-Hilaire
The loved ones of the Haye-Saint-Hilaire supplied 5 governors to fernsto get started with Kidney (1568-1593). Their coat of arms is “silver with a sand lion”.
–The Pommereuils
Finally, the Pommereuil start controlling chateau towards a little something 1770 by means of Francois de Pommereuil, artillery officer. Their coat of arms is “Of pink, with a gold braid, accompanied by three scallops of the same”.
You may perhaps have pointed this out, absence the coat of arms of the barony of Fougères (a fern on a yellow qualifications), the to start with family to rule the city and the chateau.
Nicely and genuinely existing right before the get started of the several years 2000this coat of arms floated upcoming to the Gwen-ha-Du (flag of Brittany) atop the tower of the elves. They were simply just stolen by holidaymakers and the city hardly ever returned them. The bare mast that exists is the final witness.
–So a long time right after this event, why not bring the millenary fortress back again below the Breton and Fougerais flag?
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