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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3107612, member: 89314&quot;]I am trying to decode the coat of arms on a Nevers-Rethel patagon of Charles III Gonzaga&nbsp; (1637-59)&nbsp; (also Duke of Mantua as Carlo II 1637-65)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]787730[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my best guess on the multi-field arms:</p><p><br /></p><p>Arms: 1st quarter: Gonzaga&nbsp; (qtrd.,&nbsp; horizontal bars, eagle (Palaiologos family)&nbsp; and Bohemian lion); 2.Bar (2 fish) &amp; Cleve ((6 arm cross of staves) divided; 3. Alençon or modern Burgundy (3 lis on bordure) over ? Montferrat (2 unequal horizontal bars but what is diagonal bar doing there ?)&nbsp; 4. Aragon(vertical bars) over Brabant(lion) with small escutcheon with eagle ? and something else ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>For completeness, here is the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]787731[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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