B40943-Nassau

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Name of the family:

Nassau

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st, az. billcttee or. a lion romp, of the second, for Nassau; 2nd, or, ;i lion ramp. gu. ducally crowned az., for Dietz; 3rd, gu. a fesse ar., for Vianden; 4th, gu two lions pass. guard. in pale or, for Catznelxogen ; over all on nn escutcheon gu. three zules ar. in chief a label of three points of the last, for Zuyleston.

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Out of a coronet composed of fleurs-de-lis and strawberry leaves or, two single attires of a stag gu.

Supporters:

Two lions erminois, each ducally crowned az. Motto-Ne supra modum sauere. Another

Motto:

Ne supra modum sauere. Another Motto-Spcs durat avorum.

Info about the family:

Earl of Rochford, extinct 1330; Frederick de Nassau, illegitimate son of Henky Frederick de Nassau, Prince of Orange, the grandfather of William III., was fulher of William Henry de Zuyleston, the confidential friend of William III., who raised him to the Peerage of England, 1C95

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723

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