Van Woltheboer

House van Woltheboer is an Oetherian noble family, and holds the title of the Duchy itself.
== Coat of Arms ==
House van Woltheboer currently has the continent's most complicated coat of arms, due to the recent Oetherian trend of quartering coats of arms upon succession.
The blazon for the head of the family, Jan-Frans van Woltheboer can be simplified to 'Quarterly, I and IV the arms of Geldt van Woltheboer; II and III the arms of Fleur van Eisendorf', overall an escutcheon Or, five Oetherian flames'.
The arms of Geldt van Woltheboer and Fleur van Eisendorf can be split further:
- Geldt van Woltheboer: 'Quarterly, I and IV the arms of Hendrik van Woltheboer; II and III the arms of Lisanne van der Haar'.
- - Hendrik van Woltheboer: 'Quarterly, I and IV Or, five fleur-de-lised leopards; II and III Party per bend, in the upper ermine, in the lower fusilly in bend Gules and Or'.
- - Lisanne van der Haar: 'Quarterly, I and IV Azure, Lleuwen the Raucous; II and III Gules, three thistled towers'.
- Fleur van Eisendorf: 'Quarterly, I and IV the arms of Dietrik van Eisendorf; II and III the arms of Elske van Ingen'.
- - Dietrik van Eisendorf: 'Quarterly, I and IV Gules, a cross between eight caltrops, all Or; II and III Argent, Marcel du Roos'.
- - Elske van Ingen: 'Quarterly, I and IV, Purpure, an escarbuncle edged by anchors Or; II and III, Argent, a morion helm above a portcullis of the second, flanked by twin spears'.
Overall the blazons can be combined together, but it makes for confusing reading: Quarterly, I and IV quarterly, I and IV quarterly, I and IV Or, five fleur-de-lised leopards; II and III Party per bend, in the upper ermine, in the lower fusilly in bend Gules and Or; II and III quarterly, I and IV Azure, Lleuwen the Raucous; II and III Gules, three thistled towers; II and III quarterly, I and IV quarterly, I and IV Gules, a cross between eight caltrops Or, II and III Argent, Marcel du Roos; II and III quarterly, I and IV Purpure, an escarbuncle edged by anchors Or; II and III Argent, a morion helm above a portcullis of the second, flanked by twin spears; overall an escutcheon Or, five Oetherian flames'.
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