![]() The arms of the High Offices of the Empire were borne as an augmentation to the office-holder's personal arms. Before 1438 the Emperors used separate personal and an imperial coat of arms. This appears therefore as a black eagle with an escutcheon on his breast. Frederick's son and co-ruler Henry did have an equestrian seal with the Hohenstaufen coat of arms of three leopards, and this coat of arms is later attributed to Frederick II as well.įrom the reign of Albert II (reigned 1438–39, was never crowned emperor), each Emperor bore the old Imperial arms ( Or, an eagle displayed sable beaked and membered gules) with an inescutcheon of pretence of his personal family arms. ![]() He did use the imperial eagle on some of his coins, but not displayed as a heraldic charge in a heraldic shield. 1320).įrederick II of Hohenstaufen (Emperor 1220–1250) did not use coats of arms in any of his seals. ![]() Henry VI is given a (single-headed) Reichsadler in the Codex Manesse ( c. ![]() Thus, Otto IV is given the first known depiction of a double-headed Reichsadler in the Chronica Majora ( c. Past emperors are given attributed arms in 13th-century sources. Further information: List of Holy Roman Emperors and List of German monarchsĭirect attestations of imperial coats of arms become available in the later 13th century. ![]()
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