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In the castle of Ravel, located in Auvergne, exists an aula decorated with a long fresco featuring the arms of various princes and local nobles.
Pierre Flotte (n.19 †1302), councillor of Philippe IV le Bel, received the castle as a gift from the king in 1294. Those shields were probably painted between 1298 and 1301 during the tenure of his nephew Jean Aycelin as bishop of Clermont (n.16, †1301)
Today the castle is privately owned and extensive restoration work was completed on that room in 2021. The present reconstruction of the paintings follows the numbering (not accounting for the destroyed shields) of the pre-restoration study published by Christian de Mérindol in 2000. It also provides additional changes to match other iconographic testimonies and newly available pictures of the restored room.

Southern Wall
1. Philippe IV de France
King of France
2. Edward II Plantagenêt
King of England
3. Louis X de France
Son of King Philippe IV
4. Charles de Valois
Count of Anjou, Maine and Valois
5. Louis d'Evreux
Count of Evreux
6. Unreadable
7. Robert de Clermont
Count of Clermont
Lord of Bourbon
8. Robert III Dauphin
Dauphin d'Auvergne
Count of Clermont-Auvergne
9. Hugues V de Bourgogne
Duke of Burgundy
10. Robert VI d'Auvergne
Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
11. Arthur II de Dreux
Duke of Brittany
12. Jean de Forez
Count of Forez
13. Jean II de Dreux
Count of Dreux
Chambrier of France
14. Guy IV de Châtillon
Count of Saint Pol
Grand Bouteiller of France
15. Louis X de France
Count of Champagne
King of Navarre
16. Jean Aycelin
Bishop of Clermont
Nephew of Pierre Flotte
†1301
17. Othon IV de Bourgogne
Count of Burgundy
†1303
18. Hugues VI de Châtillon
Count of Blois and Dunois
Lord of Châtillon

Western Wall
19. Pierre Flotte
Lord of Ravel
†1302
20. Isabeau de Bourgogne
Daughter of Duke Hugues IV
21. Rochefort d'Aurouze
22. Guichard de Châtelperron
Lord of Châtelperron
23. Jean des Barres
Councilor of the King
Marshal of France

Northern Wall
24. Azenières
25. Guérin de Montaigu
Lord of Montaigut
26. Hugues IV de Damas-Couzan
Lord of Couzan
27. Armand VII de Polignac
Viscount of Polignac
28. Humbert-Guy de Chabannes
Co-Lord of Chabannes
29. (Chevallard)
30. (Montboissier)
31. Roger de Clérieu
Lord of Clérieu
32. Geoffroy de Clermont
Lord of Clermont
33. Guillaume Aycelin
Lord of Brossolières, Montaigut and Montgilbert
Nephew of Pierre Flotte
34. Jean de Grez
Viscount of Corbeil
Marshal of France

Eastern Wall
35. Geoffroy de Joinville
Lord of Vaucouleurs
36. Jean de Charny
Lord of Charny and Lirey
37. Enguerrand III de Marigny
Lord of Marigny and Longjumeau
Count of Longueville
Grand Chamberlain and Chancellor
of France
38. Pierre VI de Chambly
Lord of Chambly, Presles and Montreuil
Chamberlain of the King
39. Guillaume III d'Apchon
Lord of Apchon
40. Unreadable
41. Miles X de Noyers
Lord of Noyers
Marshal and Grand Bouteiller of France
42. Hugues III de Bouville
Lord of Bouville, Farcheville and Milly
Chamberlain of France
43. Artaud de Roussillon
Lord of Roussillon and Annonay
44. Itier de Bréon
Lord of Merdogne
45. Guigues de Roussillon
Lord of Anjou, Maymont and Serrières
46. Jean II de Dampierre
Lord of Dampierre and L'Ecluse
47. Bernard de la Tour
Lord of la Tour
48. Gaucher V de Châtillon
Lord of Châtillon and Crécy
Count of Porcien
Constable of France
49. Béraud de Mercoeur
Lord of Mercoeur
Constable of Champagne

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 In the castle of Ravel, located in Auvergne, exists an aula decorated with a long fresco featuring the arms of various princes and local nobles.<br>
-Pierre Flotte (d.1302), councillor of Philippe IV le Bel, received the castle as a gift from the king in 1294.<br>
+Pierre Flotte (n.19 †1302), councillor of Philippe IV le Bel, received the castle as a gift from the king in 1294. Those shields were probably painted between 1298 and 1301 during the tenure of his nephew Jean Aycelin as bishop of Clermont (n.16, †1301)<br>
 Today the castle is privately owned and extensive restoration work was completed on that room in 2021. The present reconstruction of the paintings follows the numbering (not accounting for the destroyed shields) of the pre-restoration study published by Christian de Mérindol in 2000. It also provides additional changes to match other iconographic testimonies and newly available pictures of the restored room.
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 Capet_Ancient.svg|1. Philippe IV de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of France</span>
 England_Segar.svg|2. Edward II Plantagenêt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of England</span>
-Capet_Navarre.svg|3. Louis X de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of Navarre<br>Count of Champagne</span>
+Capet_Navarre.svg|3. Louis X de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Son of King Philippe IV</span>
-Valois.svg|4. Charles de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Valois</span>
+Valois.svg|4. Charles de Valois<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Anjou, Maine and Valois</span>
-Ravel 5 Evreux.svg|5. Louis de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Evreux</span>
+RAV05 Evreux.svg|5. Louis d'Evreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Evreux</span>
 Blank.svg|6. Unreadable<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
-Capet_Bourbon.svg|7. Robert de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Clermont<br>Lord of Bourbon</span>
+Capet_Bourbon.svg|7. Robert de Clermont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Clermont<br>Lord of Bourbon</span>
 Dauphin_Auvergne_Gelre.svg|8. Robert III Dauphin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Dauphin d'Auvergne<br>Count of Clermont-Auvergne</span>
 Burgundy.svg|9. Hugues V de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Burgundy</span>
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 Ravel 16 Clermont.svg|16. Jean Aycelin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Bishop of Clermont<br>Nephew of Pierre Flotte<br>†1301</span>
 Comte Bourgogne Bergshammar.svg|17. Othon IV de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Burgundy<br>†1303</span>
-Bazoches.svg|18. Hugues de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Leuze and Condé</span>
+Chatillon.svg|18. Hugues VI de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Blois and Dunois<br>Lord of Châtillon</span>
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 Damas.svg|26. Hugues IV de Damas-Couzan<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Couzan</span>
 Ravel 27.svg|27. Armand VII de Polignac<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Viscount of Polignac</span>
-Ravel 28.svg|28. Humbert-Guy de Chabannes<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Co-Lord of Chabannes</span><!-- Chabannes is Gules-Ermine but he's a cadet that married the daughter of Guillaume IV de Thiers (Or-Gules) so those tincture work (unreadable mush with a couple ermine spot on the lion to me). -->
+Ravel 28.svg|28. Humbert-Guy de Chabannes<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Co-Lord of Chabannes</span><!-- Chabannes is Gules-Ermine but he's a cadet that married the daughter of Guillaume IV de Thiers (Or-Gules) so those tincture work (unreadable mush with a couple ermine spot on the lion to me). Probably a decade too early for Chabannes though -->
-Ravel 29.svg|29. Unidentified<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span><!-- The lozengy is Or-Azure but I'm not sure where Mérindol got the Châtelard identification (Or 3 chevrons Azure) -->
+Ravel 29.svg|29. (Chevallard)<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span><!-- Mérindol mixed up (and probably authors before him) Châtelard (from Dauphiné, Or 3 chevrons Azure) with Chevallard (from Auvergne & Forez, lozengy Or & Azure a chief Gules) -->
-Ravel 30.svg|30. Unidentified<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span><!-- Possibly related to Montboissier if it's Sable-Or (that would be inverted Montboissier, assuming the flanchis instead of crosses isn't relevant) -->
+Ravel 30.svg|30. (Montboissier)<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span><!-- Sable-Or could be inverted Montboissier (which is expected to be represented somewhere here, the design of their arms is still unstable at the time) -->
 Ravel 31 Clerieu.svg|31. Roger de Clérieu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Clérieu</span>
 Clermont-Tonnerre.svg|32. Geoffroy de Clermont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Clermont</span>