Talk:Armorial of the House of Nassau

To add to introduction
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Both the coat of arms and the achievement are shown below. This is in order to be as complete as possible as an achievement, armorial achievement or heraldic achievement (historical: hatchment) in heraldry is a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled. An achievement comprises not only the arms themselves displayed on the Escutcheon, the central element, but also the elements surrounding it: e.g. Crest, Mantling, Helm of appropriate variety; a Coronet or Crown if entitled, Supporters, Motto, etc.

Also included in the royal family section are the Flags of the Dutch royal family. While not strictly a heraldic flag or a banner of arms, they are influenced by are heavily influenced by heraldry. The flags indicate the presence of the bearer, and they are presented here for that reason. Flags of those born into the royal family feature a Nassau-blue cross on an orange field, while the colours are reversed for those who marry into the family. Males have near-square flags while those of females are swallowtailed. Elements of an individual's family coat of arms are also incorporated into the flags.


 * as no one has indicated one way or the other, will add this....

JMvanDijk (talk)

House of Nassau-Weilburg, princes of Bourbon-Parma
JMvanDijk (talk)

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Not sure I see any of these issues? Can you give examples of "punctuation, dashes, indenting misusing colon markup (June 2020)" requiring cleanup?

Can you show what doesn't comply with Wikipedia's Manual of Style? (January 2020)

Can you give example of the self references? I'm sure they are easily cleaned up (January 2020).

Can you give the tone or style that is wrong. Again, I'm sure that is easily cleaned up (January 2020).

JMvanDijk (talk)

Ottonian Line
Under the header Ottonian Line is stated that Otto II, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Henry I, Count of Nassau-Beilstein used a coat-of-arms that was first used by William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen in 1557, two centuries after their death! Roelof Hendrickx (talk) 15:37, 5 January 2023 (UTC)