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Arms of the Russian Imperial Family.

by Tyskaorden2 on 12 Oct 2008, 19:55

From the site http://www.heraldicum.narod.ru/ information about the Arms of the Russian Imperial Family - the Romanovs. In the middle of the 19th Century the Armorial use of the various members of the Romanov Family as well as the Dynastic Arms of the Family was laid down. On 8 December 1856 the Emperor approved the various Arms of the Family. But only the following Year it was made public in Law No. 31720.


Ancestral Arms of the Romanov Dynasty.


Greater Personal Arms of the Emperor.


Lesser Personal Arms of the Emperor.

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Re: Arms of the Russian Imperial Family.

by Tyskaorden2 on 14 Oct 2008, 12:24

Greater Arms of the Heir to the Throne Cesarevitch and Grand Duke Alexey Nikolayevich, granted 10 May 1905.


Lesser Arms of the Heir to the Throne.


Greater Arms of the Empress Alexandra Fedorovna (Wife of Nicholas II), granted on 18 March 1895 and combindes the arms of Russia and those of Hesse (The Empress belonged to the Grand Ducal House of Hesse).


The simplifyed Greater Arms of the Empress, granted 22 Janaury 1898.


Greater Arms of the Mother of Nicholas II Empress Maria Feodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of Denmark hence the Royal Arms of Denmark) She lived 1847-1928, the last years in exile in Denmark having escaped the revolutionaries onboard a British Battleship.


Lesser Arms of a Empress, here Maria Alexandrovna (1824-1880, married to Alexander II 1855-1880). She to was born a Princess of Hesse, hence the Hessian Lion (NB without the Sword).

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Re: Arms of the Russian Imperial Family.

by Tyskaorden2 on 22 Nov 2008, 14:09

Greater Arms of Younger Sons of the Emperor. The Lesser Arms was the same as the Heir to the Throne but the shield had a Black border charged with silver and gold Lion's Heads.


In 1857 the "Special Signs" of certain members of the Imperial Family was approved. Above is shown the Anchors of Grand Duke Constantin Nikolayevich signifying his position as General Admiral. The Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich had two crossed Pole Axes behind his Shield signifying his position as Inspector-General of Engineers. Grand Duke Mihail Nikolayevich hade two crossed Gun Barrels denoting his position as Ordnance-General.


Grandsons of the Emperor.


Great-grandsons of the Emperor.


Great Arms of the Sons of Great-Grandsons of the Emperor.

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Re: Arms of the Russian Imperial Family.

by Greyhound on 03 Jan 2009, 15:30

Fascinating but I find such elaborate and cluttered achievements excessively ostentatious and impractical.

I know they're important people, but there are limits!

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Re: Arms of the Russian Imperial Family.

by Tyskaorden2 on 05 Jan 2009, 23:52

Well as for Monarchs there developed a rather elaborate style of heraldry during the times. This is not only in Russia but all over Europe, one example is the Greater Arms of the King of Prussia who had 48 Fields and three ineschutcheons representing the territories he ruled. One can understand that there also was a Middle and a Lesser Arms.


The Greater Arms of the King of Prussia by Hugo Gerard Ströhl. Picture from http://www.hot.ee/wappenrolle/ Sorry for the large size.

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Re: Arms of the Russian Imperial Family.

by David Pritchard on 18 Sep 2009, 05:46

Tyskaorden2 wrote:
Ancestral Arms of the Romanov Dynasty.

These arms were desinged in 1856 and revised in 1909*. They might better be described as those of the Imperial House of Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp.

*Lebedev, Vladimir Dergeavnie Orel Rossia Rodina Publishers, Moscow, 1992.

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Re: Arms of the Russian Imperial Family.

by David Pritchard on 18 Sep 2009, 06:09

Tyskaorden2 wrote:
Great Arms of the Sons of Great-Grandsons of the Emperor.

The system for more distant members of the Imperial House is actually more complicated than that described on the earlier referenced website. The arms depicted above are the greater coat-of-arms of the younger sons of grandsons of the Emperor in the direct male line with the title of Princes of the Imperial Blood and the style of Serenity. The eldest son of each of the grandsons of the Emperor in the direct male line had different greater and lesser arms. The greater arms included a golden Imperial Pavillion (rather than the manteau shown above) semey of black Russian eagles llined with ermine and supported by a pair of golden griffins. These eldest sons of the grandosons of the Emperor held the title of Princes of the Imperial Blood and the style of Highness*.