Viscount Crown
The viscount crown is a crown of rank for the French and Spanish nobility.
"Viscount" is derived from French and originally referred to the deputy of a count . Later the term stood for the title of nobleman standing between count and baron .
The term appeared in France in 819 . The Normans are said to have introduced it later in England . The eldest son of a marquis or count often bore the title viscount .
In Dutch it is a burgrave's crown . The French and Spanish crowns have five visible crown points on a browband. Their height changes constantly. There is a pearl at the tips of each point. In the Dutch form, the low points have been replaced by leaf points. The Belgian viscount crown looks completely different. On the browband there are three high crown spikes, each set with three pearls.
literature
- ↑ a b Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984.
