Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon, cadet branch of the lords of Arlay. They eventually succeeded to the undifferenced arms as well as to the principality of Orange.[4]
Heraldic shield of the house of Chalon of Orange. The 1st and 4th quarters show the arms of Chalon-Arlay (Gules a bend Or), the 2nd and 3rd the princes of Orange (the bugle). The blue and gold cross is the arms of Jeanne of Geneva, who married one of the Chalon princes.[5]
Arms of Louis de Châlon (1448-1476)
Arms of Rene of Orange-Nassau-Breda (1530-1544) : overall in the center as an escutcheon is the quartered arms of Nassau and Vianden/Breda.
^Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (2003). Armorial general. Genealogical Publishing Co.
ISBN0-8063-4811-9.
^Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (2003). Armorial general. Genealogical Publishing Co.
ISBN0-8063-4811-9.
^Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (2003). Armorial general. Vol. 1. Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 398.
ISBN0-8063-4811-9.
Further reading
Tourney, Elinor. The Rise of Chalon-Arlay: The Reactions of a Great French Dynasty to the Economic and Political Trends of the High Middle Ages, 1230–1320. PhD thesis. Wellesley College, 1963.