Over its long history, the Holy Roman Empire has used many different heraldic forms, representing its numerous internal divisions.
Holy Roman Emperors[]
Starting with Albert II (reigned 1410 - 1464), each Emperor bore arms with an inescutcheon of his personal arms on the torso of a two-headed eagle. (Before 1410 the Emperors would have both a personal and an imperial coat of arms.) The arms of the High Offices of the Empire were borne as an augmentation to the office-holder's personal arms.
Personal arms | Imperial arms | Name/Blazon of personal arms |
Hohenstaufen
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Gules, two lions passant guardant Or. | ||
Or, three lions passant in pale sable. | ||
Or, a lion rampant gules, armed, langued, and crowned azure. | ||
Azure, billetty a lion rampant with a closed crown Or, armed and langued gules. | ||
Gules a fess argent. | ||
Barry of ten argent and azure, a lion rampant gules, crowned Or. | ||
Fusilly bendwise argent and azure. | ||
Gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or. | ||
Quarterly, I and IV fusilly bendwise argent and azure (for Bavaria); II and III sable a lion rampant Or, armed, langued, and crowned gules (for the Electorate of the Palatinate). | ||
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Prince Electors[]
High offices (Reichserzämter)[]
Electors[]
Arms | Electorate/Blazon |
Bohemia
Gules a lion rampant argent, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned Or. | |
Brandenburg
Argent an eagle displayed gules crowned Or. | |
Cologne
Argent a cross sable. | |
Mainz
Gules, a wheel with six spokes argent. | |
Electorate of the Palatinate
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Saxony
Barry sable and Or, a crancelin vert. | |
Trier
Argent a cross gules. |
Other Members[]
Arms | Member/Blazon |
Livonia
Quarterly I. Gules, three lions passant guardant Argent; II. Argent, stag statant Gules; III. Argent, lion rampant to sinister Gules; IV. Gules, a griffin rampant to dexter with sword Argent. | |
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