A New Swedish Duchess

Nordic heraldry (Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)
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Chris Green
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A New Swedish Duchess

Postby Chris Green » 12 Mar 2018, 11:08

Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, and her husband Mr Christopher O'Neill, have a new daughter, Adrienne Josephine Alice. She is to be Duchess of Blekinge, the first time ever that Blekinge has had a Duke/Duchess.

Princess Adrienne's arms will doubtless be the usual royal arms with the arms of Blekinge in Q3.

Here are her mother's arms:

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and here are the arms of Blekinge:

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Mr O'Neill has no arms of his own, and even if he had, they would not feature on the arms of his daughter.
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Re: A New Swedish Duchess

Postby Torsten Laneryd » 12 Mar 2018, 13:02

ImageBlekinge coat of arms was created for the funeral procession of king Karl X who just had conquered Blekinge from Denmark. Here on a horse trapper from that procession 4th november 1660.

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Re: A New Swedish Duchess

Postby Chris Green » 12 Mar 2018, 16:38

The three crowns of Sweden taking possession of the oaks of Blekinge (a valuable asset in the days of sail).
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Re: A New Swedish Duchess

Postby Michael F. McCartney » 13 Mar 2018, 06:58

The Blekinge arms - and especially as rendered in the OP - are quite nice!
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Re: A New Swedish Duchess

Postby Chris Green » 08 Jun 2018, 11:24

The arms of Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Blekinge, officially announced today prior to her baptism:

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