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Further information: Lincoln arms in All Saints' Church Swanton Morley — Andrew Johnson, 17th president, 1865–1869 No arms known. — Arms of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president, 1869–1877 Shield: Gules, a chevron ermine between three fleurs-de-lys or. [12] Crest: A burning hill proper. Motto: Stand fast. [13]
Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office. The first female governor in North America and the Americas overall was Beatriz de la Cueva —appointed in 1541, when Central America was part of Spain.
In Canadian heraldry, women and men are treated equally for heraldic purpose, reflecting Canadian equality laws. [17] It is therefore common to display the arms of women on shields, rather than on a lozenge or oval, but a woman may still choose to have her arms displayed on a traditional shape.
Currently, the family has about 60 name bearers who live mainly in Austria, but also in Hungary, Germany, United States and Uruguay. [4] The current head of the family is Prince Laszlo Edmund Christof Maximilian Eugen Anton von Batthyány-Strattmann, son of Prince Laszlo Pascal von Batthyány-Strattmann (1938–2015) and his wife Veronika Hauschka von Treuenfels (born 1942).
Graf (German pronunciation: ⓘ; feminine: Gräfin [ˈɡʁɛːfɪn] ⓘ) is a historical title of the German nobility and later also of the Russian nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks , the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of " earl " (whose female version is "countess").
The earliest historically proven Op den Graeff, Herman op den Graeff (1585–1642) lived in Aldekerk (Kleve), near the border to the modern Netherlands. Some believe that Duke John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg had a morganatic marriage prior to 1585 with Anna op den Graeff (van de Aldekerk), with whom he had Herman.
Ecclesiastical heraldry differs notably from other heraldry in the use of special insignia around the shield to indicate rank in a church or denomination. The most prominent of these insignia is the low crowned, wide brimmed ecclesiastical hat, commonly the Roman galero .
The legal basis for Ireland's heraldic authority, and therefore all grants since 1943, has been questioned by the Attorney General, [3] therefore, on 8 May 2006, Senator Brendan Ryan introduced the Genealogy & Heraldry Bill, 2006, [4] in Seanad Éireann (Irish Senate) to remedy this situation and legitimise actions since the transfer of power ...