House of Palaiologos-Montferrat
Cadet branch of the House of Palaiologos
- Coat of Arms
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House of Palaiologos-Montferrat
Marquess of Montferrat
Quarterly; 1st and 4th Gules, a cross between four firesteels Or, 2nd and 3rd Argent, a chief Gules -
House of Palaiologos-Montferrat
Arms from late 15th century
Quarterly; 1st Gules, a double-headed eagle crowned Or, 2nd Argent, a cross potent between four crosslets Or impaling Or, four pallets Gules, 3rd barry Sable and Or, a crancelin Vert impaling Azure, semy of cross crosslets fitchy Or, two barbels addorsed of the same, 4th Gules, a cross between four firesteels Or, overall inescutcheon Argent, a chief Gules
- Personal Arms
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William VIII Palaiologos
Marquess of Montferrat
1464-1483
Quarterly; 1st Gules, a double-headed eagle crowned Or, 2nd and 3rd Argent, a chief Gules, 4th Gules, a cross between four firesteels Or