The Orgins Of the Crancelin
Posted: 20 Oct 2015, 13:10
I have always been interested in the Crancelin in Saxon arms. According to legend when Albert the Bear was made Duke of Saxony, Frederick Barbossa was wearing a crown or wreath of rue, and when due to the heat took it off and placed it on Albert's shield. The Prince of Lichtenstein also has similar arms of quarter, but does not claim them from the Duke of Saxony, but from Kruenringer, which I can not find much about, except that one time they, like the Ascanier also had arms of Barry Or and Sable, sans Crancelin. Does anyone know if the Barbossa legend holds water, or if the Kruenringer claim any relation to the Dukes of Saxony?