Coat of Arms of Luxembourg
| Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
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| Armiger | Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg |
| Crest | The Grand-Ducal Crown |
| Escutcheon | Barry of ten Argent and Azure, a Lion rampant queue forchée Gules crowned, armed and langued Or. |
| Supporters | Two lions reguardant queue forchée crowned Or, armed and langued Gules |
| Orders | Order of the Oak Crown |
| Other elements | The whole resting on a Mantle Gules lined Ermine, fringed and tasseled Or, summoned to the Grand-Ducal Crown |
The coat of arms of Luxembourg has its origins in the Middle Ages and was derived from the arms of the Duchy of Limburg, in modern-day Belgium and the Netherlands. In heraldic language, the arms are described as: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, a Lion rampant queue forchée Gules crowned, armed and langued Or.
There are greater, middle and lesser versions of the coat of arms of Luxembourg. The greater coat of arms has two reguardant and crowned lions as supporters, the Dynastic Order (the Order of the Oak Crown) and all surrounded by hermine mantling crowned with a heraldic royal crown (the crown used by the Grand Duke). The middle coat of arms has the supporters, the order and the crown. The lesser coat of arms has the crown and the escutcheon without external ornaments.
Greater coat of arms (Royal Version)
Middle coat of arms (State Version)
Lesser coat of arms
The Grand Duke has a personal coat of arms, the current arms were adopted in 2001:
Quarterly: 1 and 4 Luxembourg, 2 and 3 Nassau (Blazon: Azure billetty Or, a lion or armed and langued Gules). The lesser variant of the arms of the monarch has no external ornaments. The middle variant has the supporters, the order and the crown.
The greater variant has a dynastic inescutcheon with the arms of the House of Bourbon-Parma (Blazon: Azure bordure Gules charged with eight escallops Argent, three fleurs-de-lys Or). The supporters are holding a lance Or, flying the flag of Luxembourg, all surrounded by hermine mantling with the crown.
Greater Coat of arms of the Grand Duke
Middle Coat of arms of the Grand Duke
Lesser Coat of arms of the Grand Duke
The current greater and lesser coats of arms for the Hereditary Grand Duke were established in 2012 and are similar to that of the Grand Duke's with the addition of a gold label on the shield for differencing. In the greater arms, the supporters also do not carry flags.
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