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<gallery caption="Coat of Arms" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> Wijnbergen 797 Eustache de Lens.svg|House of Lens<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords and Castellans of Lens</span><!-- Main branch extinct c. 1310 --> Gauthier de Lens 1245.svg|House of Lens<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Alternative arms as Baillifs of Hainaut</span><!-- Gauthier 1245 (son of Elisabeth de Barbençon = derived with inverted tinctures), Eustache 1267 & Jean 1290 --> </gallery> <gallery caption="Cadet Branches" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> Wijnbergen 800 Jean de Hulluch.svg|House of Hulluch<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Hulluch</span><!-- Separated 11th c. - Not to be confused with the other unrelated Hulluch family (with cross engrailed = english substitution) --> Eustache de Lens 1223.svg|House of Lens-Choques<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Choques</span> Nicolas de Lens 1224.svg|House of Lens-Beuvry<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Beuvry</span> Gerard de Lens 1223.svg|House of Lens-Reninghelst<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Reninghelst</span> Jean de Lens 1259.svg|House of Lens-Rebecques<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Rebecques</span><!-- Also known as La Couture --> Lens-Brebieres.svg|House of Lens-Brebières<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Camblain, Louez and Brebières</span> Lens-Annequin.svg|House of Lens-Annequin<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Annequin</span><!-- Baudoin II Governor of Flanders is from that branch --> </gallery > <gallery caption="Personal Arms" align=center style= "color: #292929;font-size:1.2em;font-weight: normal;text-align:center;font-style: normal;"> Eustache de Lens 1206.svg|Eustache de Lens<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Castellan of Lens<br>''Seal, 1206''</span><!-- Early type with eagle before 1210 --> Jean de Lens 1272.svg|Jean III de Lens<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Castellan of Lens<br>''Counter seal, 1272''</span><!-- Qtly seal & eagle counter seal --> Jean de Lens 1275.svg|Jean III de Lens<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Castellan of Lens<br>''Counter seal, 1275''</span><!-- Jean III used all types with notably quarterly on the main seals & eagles on counter seals --> Jean de Lens 1287.svg|Jean III de Lens<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Castellan of Lens<br>''Seal, 1287''</span><!-- Quite possibly an escutcheon of three lions originally but there's no trace of a design anymore and Demay did not describe it otherwise either --> Jean de Lens 1300.svg|Jean IV de Lens<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Son of Jean III<br>''Seal, c. 1300''</span><!-- As heir of Jean III --> Baudoin de Lens 1310.svg|Baudoin de Lens<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Anvin<br>Illegitimate son of Jean III<br>''Seal, 1310''</span> Gossuin de Louez 1315.svg|Gossuin de Louez<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lord of Louez<br>Baillif of Furnes<br>''Seal, 1315''</span> </gallery>
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