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| Keywords: Sachsen-Lauenburg Siebmacher005 - Herzogtum.jpg Wappen des Herzogtums Sachsen-Lauenburg zwischen ca 1507 bis 1671 The coat of arms of Duchy of Saxony Angria and Westphalia Lauenburg as used between 1507 and 1671 It shows in the upper left quarter the Ascanian barry of ten in or and sable covered by a crancelin of rhombs they are not shown in this undetailed copy bendwise in vert <ref>The House of Wettin also adopted the barry of ten with the crancelin as its coat-of-arms when it gained Saxe-Wittenberg which is why the barry reappears in the arms of many formerly Wettin-ruled states </ref> The crancelin symbolises the Saxon ducal crown The second quarter shows in azure an eagle crowned in or representing the imperial Pfalzgraviate of Saxony The third quarter displays in argent three water-lily leaves in gules standing for the County of Brehna The lower right fourth quarter repeats the first quarter The Lauenburg branch duchy adopted this coat-of-arms altering the one used before by replacing its fourth quarter by reduplicating the first Before the fourth quarter showed in sable and argent the electoral swords Kurschwerter in gules indicating the Saxon office as Imperial Arch-Marshal German Erzmarschall Latin Archimarescallus pertaining to the Saxon privilege as prince-elector besides the right to elect a new emperor after the decease of the former The electoral privilege was lost to Saxe-Wittenberg in 1356 but always claimed by Saxe-Lauenburg and reinforced at Saxe-Wittenberg's extinction however in vain But until 1507 when Duke Magnus I ascended the throne the claim was also upheld by showing the electoral swords in the coat-of-arms The different quarters of the coat of arms from then on representing the Duchy of Saxony Angria and Westphalia Lauenburg were later often misinterpreted as symbolising Angria Brehna's water-lily leaves and Westphalia the comital palatine Saxon eagle eingescannt von User Wuselig aus Horst Appuhn Hrsg Johann Siebmachers Wappenbuch Die bibliophilen Taschenbücher 538 2 verb Aufl Dortmund 1989 - Erzherzöge und Herzöge - Blatt 5 1605 creator Johann Siebmacher Reproduction of a painting that is in the public domain because of its age thumb left Ausschnitt aus diesem Blatt PD-old-100 Notes <references/> Siebmacher - Herzoege Sachsen-Lauenburg Saxe-Lauenburg coat of arms | ||||
