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Language of the text: English
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Nobles in:Germany (Bavaria)
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Ancient and very noble family of Bavaria, one of the sixteen federal states of Germany, of clear and ancestral virtue, known as Elbing or Elbing of Unterschönfelt, which has spread, over the centuries, in different regions of Europe. The clear nobility of the house is confirmed by the presence of its blazon in the valuable work of JB Rietstap (12 May 1828–24 December 1891), a dutch heraldist and genealogist, "The Armorial General", a monumental work that contains the blazons of the coats of arms of more than 130,000 European families. Moreover, this family, in all ages, always stands out, thanks to the prominent figures, which gave birth, in the public service, in the liberal professions and in the military service. Among these, without undervalue the omitted, we would like to mention: Karl, Bavarian land-owner, flourishing in 1502; Feodor, lawyer, flourishing in Nuremberg, in 1524; Barthel, Bavarian land-owner, flourishing in 1542; ...
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BlazonElbing
1. Coat of arms of family: Elbing (Bavaria)
Language of the text: English
Quarterly gules and azure; in the first and fourth an arm in armour proper without hand, the first issuing from the canton dexter, the fourth issuing from the canton sinister; in the second and third azure, a unicorn head couped at the neck or, the head in the third contourny. Crest: On a crowned helmet five ostrich feathers gules and argent.
Cited in "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome I A-K" page 605.
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