Coat o airms o Luxembourg

The **coat o airms o [[Luxembourg]]** haes its oreegins in the Middle Ages, an wis derived frae that o the Duchy o Limburg, in modren day Belgium an the Netherlands. In heraldic leid, these airms are describit as: *burely o 10 argent an azure, a lion rampant queue fourché in saltire gules airmed, langued an crouned or*.

## Versions

Thare are a greater, middle an lesser version o the coat o airms o Luxembourg. The greater Coat o airms haes twa reguardant an crouned lions as supporters, the Dinastic Order an aw surroondit bi hermine mantlin crouned wi a heraldic ryal croun (the croun uised bi the Grand Duke). The middle Coat o airms haes the supporters, the order an the croun. The lesser Coat o airms haes the croun an the escutcheon athoot external ornaments. 


File:Greater-Coat-of-Arms-of-Luxembourg.svg|Greater Coat o airms
File:Middle-Coat-of-Arms-of-Luxembourg.svg|Middle Coat o airms
File:Lesser-Coat-of-Arms-of-Luxembourg.svg|Lesser Coat o airms 


## Airms o the Monarch
The Grand Duke haes a personal airms:

Quarterly: 1 an 4 Luxembourg, 2 an 3 Nassau (Blazon: *Azure billetty Or, a lion or airmed an langued Gules*). The lesser variant o the airms o the monarch haesna external ornaments. The middle variant haes the supporters, the order an the croun. 

The greater variant haes a dinastic inescutcheon wi the airms o the Hoose o Bourbon-Parma (Blazon: *Azure bordure Gules chairged wi aicht escallops Argent, three [[fleurs-de-lys]] Or*). The supporters are hauldin a lance Or, flyin the Banner o Luxembourg, aw surroondit bi hermine mantlin wi the croun. 


File:Greater coat of arms of the grand-duke of Luxembourg (since 2000).svg|Greater Coat o airms o the Grand Duke
File:Middle coat of arms of the grand-duke of Luxembourg (since 2000).svg|Middle Coat o airms o the Grand Duke
File:Lesser coat of arms of the grand-duke of Luxembourg (since 2000).svg |Lesser Coat o airms o the Grand Duke
File:Grand ducal standard of Luxembourg.svg|The Airms for uise bi the Grand Duke as seen on his Staundart


## The coat o airms o Henry V, Coont o Luxembourg (1216–1281)
Henry V wis the first Coont o Luxembourg tae adopt a primitive form o these airms. His faither, Waleran III, Duke o Limburg, bore the airms, *argent a lion rampant queue fourché gules armed, langued an crouned or* (white field bearin a reid double tailed lion wi yellae claws, teeth, tongue an croun). Henry V replaced the white field bi a series o white an blue stripes (burely o 10 argent an azure) tae differentiate frae his hauf-brither Henry IV, Duke o Limburg.

It is yet uncertain whaur the oreegins o this burely o 10 argent an azure are. Jean-Claude Loutsch, Luxembourg's maist prominent heraldist, authored the theory that the oreeginal Luxembourg dynasties mey hae born a striped banner (colours unkent). Twa dynasties closely relatit tae the first Hooses o Luxembourg an aa adoptit striped coats o airms durin this period. Baith the Coonts o Loon an Coonts o Grandpré bore the airms burely o 10 or an gules (yellae an reid alternatin stripes). In such a case, the choice o colour o the stripes wad hae been determined tae match the white field an reid lion o Limburg.


File:Limburg New Arms.svg|Coat o airms o Waleran III, Duke o Limburg
File:Loon Arms.svg|Coat o airms o the Coonts o Grandpré an Coonts o Loon
File:Arms of the Count of Luxembourg.svg|Coat o airms o Henry V, Coont o Luxembourg


## The coat o airms o Henry VI, Coont o Luxembourg (1240-1288)

In 1282, efter the daith o Waleran IV, Duke o Limburg, Henry VI, coont o Luxembourg chynged his airms bi doublin the lion's tail an passin it in saltire as a claim on the duchy o Limburg. Efter Henry VI's daith in 1288 at the Battle o Worringen, Henry VII readoptit his grandfaither Henry VII's airms which remained in uise till the extinction o the Hoose o Luxembourg.


File:Limburg New Arms.svg|Coat o airms o the Dukes o Limburg
File:Arms-of-Luxembourg.svg|Coat o airms o Henry VI, Coont o Luxembourg atween 1282 an 1288
File:Arms of the Count of Luxembourg.svg|Coat o airms o the Coonts o Luxembourg efter 1288


## References
* Armorial du pays de Luxembourg, Dr. Jean-Claude Loutsch, Publications nationales du Ministère des Airts et des Sciences, Luxembourg 1974

## See an aa
* Banner o Luxembourg