arms of Nassau

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The arms of Nassau are a historic European heraldic emblem featuring a golden lion on a blue field strewn with billets, long associated with the House of Nassau and later the Dutch royal family.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Arms of Nassau 3
arms of Nassau canonical 2
arms of Nassau-Beilstein 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coat of arms
heraldic achievement
associatedWith Dutch royal family
House of Nassau
category dynastic coats of arms
heraldic lions
charge gold billets
golden lion
continent Europe
fieldColor blue
hasElement billets
escutcheon
lion rampant
hasMotto Je maintiendrai
heraldicStyle European heraldry
historicalSignificance core emblem of the Nassau dynasty
influenced coat of arms of Luxembourg
royal coat of arms of the Netherlands
inLanguage Dutch
German
originatedIn Middle Ages
partOf greater coat of arms of the Netherlands
symbolizes dynastic continuity
nobility
sovereignty
tinctureOfBillets or
tinctureOfField azure
tinctureOfLion or
usedBy Counts of Nassau
linked to: County of Nassau

Grand Dukes of Luxembourg
House of Orange-Nassau
Nassau principalities
linked to: Nassau territories

William of Orange
linked to: William I of Orange

princes of Orange
linked to: Prince of Orange
usedIn Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands
usedSinceCentury 12th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nassau family coatOfArms Arms of Nassau
linked to: arms of Nassau
Count of Nassau-Beilstein coatOfArms arms of Nassau-Beilstein
linked to: arms of Nassau
House of Nassau-Dillenburg coatOfArms Arms of Nassau
linked to: arms of Nassau
House of Nassau-Usingen coatOfArms Arms of Nassau
linked to: arms of Nassau
Count of Nassau-Breda coatOfArmsUsed arms of Nassau
Diez coatOfArmsFeatures lion of Nassau
subject linked to: Dietz
linked to: arms of Nassau