Gelre Armorial

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The Gelre armorial was compiled between 1370 and 1414 by Claes Heyenen who was a herald in the service of the Duke of Guelders.
The book displays some 1,700 coats-of-arms from all over Europe, in color, and is one of the most important sources for medieval heraldry.


Arms of the 18 nobles who challenged the Duke of Brabant, Jean III the Boar, in 1334

Folio 1r | Folio 2v


Arms of the 14 lords who died at the Battle of Stavoren, in 1345

Folio 3r | Folio 4r


Genealogy of the Dukes of Brabant

Folio 6v


Praises for brave knights

Folio 10v | Folio 11 | Folio 12 | Folio 14
Folio 15 | Folio 16 | Folio 17 | Folio 18r


Short chronicle of Holland

Folio 19r | Folio 21r


Dukes of Brabant

Folio 22r


Marquis of Ferrara

Folio 23r


Holy Roman Emperor with neighbouring vassals

Folio 26v


Prince-Bishop of Mainz

Folio 27r | Folio 28r


Prince-Bishop of Cologne

Folio 28v | Folio 29v


Prince-Bishop of Trier

Folio 32r | Folio 33r


King of Bohemia

Folio 33v


Count Palatine of the Rhine

Folio 34r | Folio 35r


Duke of Saxony

Folio 36r | Folio 37 | Folio 38r


Margrave of Brandenburg

Folio 38v


Duke of Bavaria

Folio 39r| Folio 40r


Duke of Swabia

Folio 41r | Folio 42r


Burgrave of Nuremberg

Folio 43v | Folio 44 | Folio 45r


Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim

Folio 45v


King of France

Folio 46r | Folio 47 | Folio 48 | Folio 49
Folio 50 | Folio 51 | Folio 52r


King of Hungary

Folio 52v | Folio 53 | Folio 54 | Folio 55r


King of Denmark

Folio 55v | Folio 56r


King of England

Folio 56v | Folio 57 | Folio 58 | Folio 59
Folio 60r


King of Castile-Leon

Folio 60v | Folio 61r


King of Aragon

Folio 62r | Folio 63v


King of Scotland

Folio 64 | Folio 65r


King of Sweden

Folio 65v


King of Navarre

Folio 66r


King of Norway

Folio 66v


King of Portugal

Folio 67r


King of Naples

Folio 67v


King of Sicily

Folio 68r


King of Bohemia

Folio 68v | Folio 69r


King of Cyprus

Folio 69v


King of Armenia

Folio 70r


Duke of Austria

Folio 70v | Folio 71r


Duke of Brittany

Folio 71v | Folio 72r


Duke of Brabant

Folio 72v | Folio 73 | Folio 74 | Folio 75v


Duke of Limburg

Folio 76r-76v


Philip I, Duke of Brabant

Folio 77v


Count of Flanders

Folio 80r | Folio 81 | Folio 82v


William II, Duke of Bavaria

Folio 83r | Folio 84 | Folio 85 | Folio 86v


Duke of Jüliers

Folio 87r | Folio 88r


Duke of Guelders

Folio 88v | Folio 89 | Folio 90 | Folio 91v


Duke of Berg

Folio 92r-92v


Duke of Clèves

Folio 93r


Frédéric III de Saarwerden, Prince-Bishop of Cologne

Folio 93v| Folio 94 | Folio 95r


Prince-Bishop of Liège

Folio 95v


Count of Savoy

Folio 96r


Landgrave of Hesse

Folio 96v | Folio 97r


Count of Holstein

Folio 97v | Folio 98r


Duke of Pomerania-Stettin

Folio 98v


Count of Nassau and Sarrebrück

Folio 99r-99v


Duke of Mecklembourg

Folio 100v | Folio 101 | Folio 102


Emperor of Constantinople and various Rulers

Folio 104v


Emperor of Trébizond and various Rulers

Folio 105r


Flemish nobility

Folio 105v | Folio 106 | Folio 107r


Prince-Bishop of Utrecht

Folio 107v | Folio 108r


Count of Marck

Folio 108v | Folio 109r


Prince-Bishop of Munster

Folio 109v | Folio 110 | Folio 111r


Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

Folio 111v


Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and family

Folio 112


Duke of Pomerania

Folio 113


John IV, Duke of Brabant

Folio 121


Herald of Guelders

Folio 122r


Count of Foix

Folio 123r