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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
King of France
†1314
2. Edward II Plantagenêt
King of England
†1307
Brother-in-law of Philippe IV
3. Louis de France
Future Louis X
†1316
Son of Philippe IV
4. Charles de Valois
Count of Anjou, Maine and Valois
†1325
Brother of Philippe IV
5. Louis d'Evreux
Count of Evreux
†1319
Half-brother of Philippe IV
6. Unreadable
Possible hint of a lion's tail in second quarter for Castile
7. Robert de Clermont
Count of Clermont
Lord of Bourbon
†1317
Uncle of Philippe IV
8. Robert III Dauphin
Count of Clermont
Dauphin of Auvergne
†1324
9. Robert II de Bourgogne
Duke of Burgundy
†1306
Uncle of Philippe IV
10. Robert VI d'Auvergne
Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
†1317
11. Jean II de Dreux-Bretagne
Duke of Brittany
†1305
12. Jean de Forez
Count of Forez
†1334
13. Jean II de Dreux
Count of Dreux and Braine
†1309
14. Guy IV de Châtillon
Count of Saint Pol
Grand Bouteiller of France
†1317
15. Etienne II de Sancerre
Count of Sancerre
†1306
16. Jean Aycelin
Bishop of Clermont
†1301
Nephew of Pierre Flotte
17. Othon IV de Bourgogne
Count of Burgundy
†1303
18. Hugues VI de Châtillon
Count of Blois and Dunois
†1307

Western Wall
Destroyed
Destroyed
Destroyed
19. Pierre Flotte
Lord of Ravel
†1302
20. Isabelle de Bourgogne
Widow of Rudolf von Habsburg, King of the Romans
†1323
21. Bertrand de Rochefort
Lord of Aurouze
Destroyed
Destroyed
Destroyed
22. Guichard de Châtelperron
Lord of Châtelperron and La Ferté-Chauderon
†1302
23. Jean des Barres
Councilor of the King
Marshal of France

Northern Wall
24. Laire-Azenières
25.
26. Hugues IV de Damas-Couzan
Lord of Couzan
27. Armand VII de Polignac
Viscount of Polignac
28.
29. (Chevallard)
Destroyed
Destroyed
Destroyed
Destroyed
30. (Montboissier)
31. Roger III de Clérieu
Lord of Clérieu
†1304
Led diplomacy of Humbert II, Dauphin of Viennois with Pierre Flotte
32. Geoffroy de Clermont
Lord of Clermont
†1304
Councilor of Dauphin Humbert II
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. Joinville
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
Constable of Auvergne
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
Inheritance of the Dauphin branch of Maymont
44. Itier de Bréon
Lord of Merdogne
45. Guigues de Roussillon
Lord of Anjou, Maymont and Serrières
Inheritance of the Dauphin branch of Maymont
46. Jean II de Dampierre
Lord of Dampierre and L'Ecluse
47. Bernard de la Tour
Lord of la Tour
Inheritance of the Dauphin branch of Maymont
48. Gaucher V de Châtillon
Lord of Châtillon and Crécy
Constable of Champagne
49. Béraud de Mercoeur
Lord of Mercoeur
Baillif of Auvergne

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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>
+Capet_Ancient.svg|1. Philippe IV<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of France<br>†1314</span>
-England_Segar.svg|2. Edward II Plantagenêt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of England</span>
+England_Segar.svg|2. Edward II Plantagenêt<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">King of England<br>†1307<br>Brother-in-law of Philippe IV</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>
+Capet_Navarre.svg|3. Louis de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Future Louis X<br>†1316<br>Son of Philippe IV</span>
-Valois.svg|4. Charles de Valois<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Anjou, Maine and Valois</span>
+Valois.svg|4. Charles de Valois<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Anjou, Maine and Valois<br>†1325<br>Brother of Philippe IV</span>
-RAV05 Evreux.svg|5. Louis d'Evreux<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<br>†1319<br>Half-brother of Philippe IV</span>
-Blank.svg|6. Unreadable<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
+Blank.svg|6. Unreadable<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Possible hint of a lion's tail in second quarter for Castile</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>
+Capet_Bourbon.svg|7. Robert de Clermont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Clermont<br>Lord of Bourbon<br>†1317<br>Uncle of Philippe IV</span>
-Dauphin_Auvergne_Gelre.svg|8. Robert III Dauphin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Clermont<br>Dauphin of Auvergne</span>
+Dauphin_Auvergne_Gelre.svg|8. Robert III Dauphin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Clermont<br>Dauphin of Auvergne<br>†1324</span>
-Burgundy.svg|9. Hugues V de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Burgundy</span>
+Burgundy.svg|9. Robert II de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Burgundy<br>†1306<br>Uncle of Philippe IV</span>
-Ravel 10 Auvergne.svg|10. Robert VI d'Auvergne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Auvergne and Boulogne</span>
+Ravel 10 Auvergne.svg|10. Robert VI d'Auvergne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Auvergne and Boulogne<br>†1317</span>
-Pierre_I_de_Dreux.svg|11. Arthur II de Dreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Brittany</span>
+Pierre_I_de_Dreux.svg|11. Jean II de Dreux-Bretagne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Duke of Brittany<br>†1305</span>
-Ravel 12 Forez.svg|12. Jean de Forez<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Forez</span>
+Ravel 12 Forez.svg|12. Jean de Forez<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Forez<br>†1334</span>
-Dreux.svg|13. Jean II de Dreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Dreux<br>Chambrier of France</span>
+Dreux.svg|13. Jean II de Dreux<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Dreux and Braine<br>†1309</span>
-Ravel 14 Chatillon Saint Pol.svg|14. Guy IV de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Saint Pol<br>Grand Bouteiller of France</span>
+Ravel 14 Chatillon Saint Pol.svg|14. Guy IV de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Saint Pol<br>Grand Bouteiller of France<br>†1317</span>
-Champagne.svg|15. Louis X de France<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Champagne<br>King of Navarre</span>
+Champagne.svg|15. Etienne II de Sancerre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Sancerre<br>†1306</span>
-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>
+Ravel 16 Clermont.svg|16. Jean Aycelin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Bishop of Clermont<br>†1301<br>Nephew of Pierre Flotte</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>
-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>
+Chatillon.svg|18. Hugues VI de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Count of Blois and Dunois<br>†1307</span>
 </gallery>
 <gallery caption="Western Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
+Blank.svg|Destroyed
+Blank.svg|Destroyed
+Blank.svg|Destroyed
 Ravel 19 Flotte.svg|19. Pierre Flotte<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Ravel<br>†1302</span>
-Ravel 20 Isabeau de Bourgogne.svg|20. Isabeau de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Daughter of Duke Hugues IV</span>
+Ravel 20 Isabeau de Bourgogne.svg|20. Isabelle de Bourgogne<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Widow of Rudolf von Habsburg, King of the Romans<br>†1323</span>
-Ravel 21.svg|21. Rochefort d'Aurouze<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
+Ravel 21.svg|21. Bertrand de Rochefort<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Aurouze</span>
-Ravel 22 Chatelperron.svg|22. Guichard de Châtelperron<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Châtelperron</span>
+Blank.svg|Destroyed
+Blank.svg|Destroyed
+Blank.svg|Destroyed
+Ravel 22 Chatelperron.svg|22. Guichard de Châtelperron<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Châtelperron and La Ferté-Chauderon<br>†1302</span>
 Ravel 23 Jean des Barres.svg|23. Jean des Barres<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Councilor of the King<br>Marshal of France</span> <!-- The lozengy appears to be Or-Gules -->
 </gallery>
 <gallery caption="Northern Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
-Ravel 24 Azenieres.svg|24. Azenières<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
+Ravel 24 Azenieres.svg|24. Laire-Azenières<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
-Ravel 25 Montaigu.svg|25. Guérin de Montaigu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Montaigut</span>
+Ravel 25 Montaigu.svg|25. <br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
 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). Probably a decade too early for Chabannes though -->
+Ravel 28.svg|28. <br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span><!-- 1300 is too early for Chabannes -->
 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) -->
+Blank.svg|Destroyed
+Blank.svg|Destroyed
+Blank.svg|Destroyed
+Blank.svg|Destroyed
 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>
+Ravel 31 Clerieu.svg|31. Roger III de Clérieu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Clérieu<br>†1304<br>Led diplomacy of Humbert II, Dauphin of Viennois with Pierre Flotte</span><!-- Diplomat of Humbert II since at least 1283 when he negotiated the marriage of the dauphin's daughter with Aymar de Poitiers -->
-Clermont-Tonnerre.svg|32. Geoffroy de Clermont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Clermont</span>
+Clermont-Tonnerre.svg|32. Geoffroy de Clermont<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Clermont<br>†1304<br>Councilor of Dauphin Humbert II</span><!-- Another early councilor of Humbert II so certainly a longtime career relation of Pierre Flotte -->
 Ravel 33 Aycelin.svg|33. Guillaume Aycelin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Brossolières, Montaigut and Montgilbert<br>Nephew of Pierre Flotte</span>
 Corbeil.svg|34. Jean de Grez<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Viscount of Corbeil<br>Marshal of France</span>
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 <gallery caption="Eastern Wall" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;">
-Wijnbergen 534 Geoffroy de Joinville.svg|35. Geoffroy de Joinville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Vaucouleurs</span>
+Wijnbergen 534 Geoffroy de Joinville.svg|35. Joinville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span><!-- Probably not Vaucouleurs in the context of France, more likely his elder brother with his nephew Jean de Charny next -->
 Ravel 36 Charny.svg|36. Jean de Charny<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Charny and Lirey</span>
 Le Portier de Marigny.svg|37. Enguerrand III de Marigny<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Marigny and Longjumeau<br>Count of Longueville<br>Grand Chamberlain and Chancellor<br>of France</span>
 Ravel 38 Chambly.svg|38. Pierre VI de Chambly<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Chambly, Presles and Montreuil<br>Chamberlain of the King</span>
-Apchon.svg|39. Guillaume III d'Apchon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Apchon</span>
+Apchon.svg|39. Guillaume III d'Apchon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Apchon<br>Constable of Auvergne</span>
 Blank.svg|40. Unreadable<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;"></span>
 Noyers.svg|41. Miles X de Noyers<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Noyers<br>Marshal and Grand Bouteiller of France</span><!-- Barely anything left of it. Maybe it was more readable 25 years ago (or Mérindol somehow mixed Bouville and Noyers not being readable ?) -->
 Bouville.svg|42. Hugues III de Bouville<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Bouville, Farcheville and Milly<br>Chamberlain of France</span>
-Roussillon Annonay.svg|43. Artaud de Roussillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Roussillon and Annonay</span>
+Roussillon Annonay.svg|43. Artaud de Roussillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Roussillon and Annonay<br>Inheritance of the Dauphin branch of Maymont</span>
 Ravel 44 Breon.svg|44. Itier de Bréon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Merdogne</span>
-Roussillon Bouchage.svg|45. Guigues de Roussillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Anjou, Maymont and Serrières</span>
+Roussillon Bouchage.svg|45. Guigues de Roussillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Anjou, Maymont and Serrières<br>Inheritance of the Dauphin branch of Maymont</span>
 Ravel 46 Jean-Dampierre.svg|46. Jean II de Dampierre<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Dampierre and L'Ecluse</span>
-Tour.svg|47. Bernard de la Tour<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of la Tour</span>
+Tour.svg|47. Bernard de la Tour<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of la Tour<br>Inheritance of the Dauphin branch of Maymont</span>
-Chatillon-Porcien.svg|48. Gaucher V de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Châtillon and Crécy<br>Count of Porcien<br>Constable of France</span>
+Chatillon-Porcien.svg|48. Gaucher V de Châtillon<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Châtillon and Crécy<br>Constable of Champagne</span>
-Mercœur.svg|49. Béraud de Mercoeur<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Mercoeur<br>Constable of Champagne</span>
+Mercœur.svg|49. Béraud de Mercoeur<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Mercoeur<br>Baillif of Auvergne</span>
 </gallery>