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  2. De Beer - Wikipedia

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    De Beer is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname, meaning "the bear". Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Cornelius de Beer [ es ] (c.1590–1651), Dutch painter and engraver active in Spain; son of Joos

  3. List of coats of arms - Wikipedia

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    List of personal coats of arms of presidents of the United States; Seal of the vice president of the United States. List of personal coats of arms of vice presidents of the United States; Vatican City, Holy See, and Catholic Church. Coat of arms of Francis. Former papal coats of arms

  4. Origin of coats of arms - Wikipedia

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    Vermandois coat of arms, the oldest known, circa 1115, adopted for a county that had been ruled by the last Carolingians. The origin of coats of arms is the invention, in medieval western Europe, of the emblematic system based on the blazon, which is described and studied by heraldry.

  5. De Beers - Wikipedia

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    The name 'De Beers' was derived from the two Dutch settlers, brothers Diederik Arnoldus de Beer (1825–1878) and Johannes Nicolaas de Beer (1830–1883), who owned a South African farm named Vooruitzicht (Dutch for "prospect" or "outlook") near Zandfontein in the Boshof District of Orange Free State. After they discovered diamonds on their ...

  6. Armorial of sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    This armorial of sovereign states shows the coat of arms, national emblem, or seal for every sovereign state. Although some countries do not have an official national emblem, unofficial emblems which are de facto used as national emblems are also shown below.

  7. Coat of arms - Wikipedia

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    The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to the armiger (e.g. an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation). The term "coat of arms" itself, describing ...

  8. Armorial of Albania - Wikipedia

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    Coat of arms of the de Florio (1876) The de Florio family traces its lineage to Galeotto Franco Florea of Scutari, Lord of Albania. Dispossessed of their lordship by invaders in the 12th century, his descendants migrated to Italy, joining the Mazzucca and Cessarione families who settled in Venetia , and later towards the end of the 14th century ...

  9. List of European Jewish nobility - Wikipedia

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    Lopes Suasso: family whose nobility was confirmed between 1818 and 1831, extinct in 1970 (notable member: Francisco Lopes Suasso, Baron d'Avernas le Gras (1657–1710), one of the leading shareholders of the West India Company, one of the most ardent supporters of the House of Orange, he supported William of Orange in 1688, in his invasion of England)