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Silvia
Llonch I Segarra De
Mosquera
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Registered:
The
International Register
of Arms, 18th May
2020. Registration No.
0554 (Vol.4).
Arms:
[In an oval] Per pale
Argent and Gules, dexter
two wolves’ heads erased
in pale Sable langued
Gules sinister on a base
Vert a tower double
towered Argent; the
whole within a bordure
per pale Gules and Azure
charged of five chalices
and in chief between two
coronets of a captain
general Or the date 1845
Argent.
Crest:
None
Motto:
None
Assumed:
Spain 12th May 2020.
Arms
rendition and design by
The Armorial Register
Limited.
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Señora
Mosquera uses
the arms of her
husband, Jose
Manuel Mosquera
Castelo, in an
oval. In a
typical Spanish
style, the
shield is
divided per pale
with the dexter
side
representing the
Mosquera line;
two wolves’
heads on a white
field. The
original
Mosquera arms
are listed in
the Armorial
Europe Reitstap
as "Argent, five
wolves’ heads
Sable, langued
Gules, 2,1 and
2.".
The sinister
side represents
the Castelo
line; on a red
field a castle
(argent) upon a
green mound
(base). Almost
all Castelo arms
feature a castle
(there are nine
entries in
Reitstap). The
red field with a
green base
(mound) is not
considered to be
a violation of
the so-called
tincture rules
because it is a
division of the
field.
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Spanish
heraldry style
and practice
follows the
Iberian branch
of the Latin
heraldry
tradition and
charges shown on
Spanish armorial
bearings can
depict
historical
events or deeds
of war. Iberian
heraldry also
allows words and
letters on the
shield itself, a
practice which
is considered
incorrect in
northern Europe.
The bordure
(border) is
divided per
pale, red and
blue, and has
upon it the date
1845
commemorating
the election of
Tomás Cipriano
de Mosquera, the
armiger’s great
grandfather, to
the Presidency
of The Republic
of New Grenada.
The date is set
between two
coronets of a
Captain General
(Tomás Cipriano
de Mosquera held
the rank of
Grand General)
along with the
golden cups
representing
other family
members. The
coronets are
those allowed to
a Captain
General, the
highest-ranking
Spanish military
coronet
(Introducción a
la heráldica y
manual de
heráldica
militar
española.
Madrid:
Ministerio de
Defensa, 2010).
The
Crest is a black
cockapoo, the
armiger’s
beloved pet dog
and it is
illustrated here
as a companion
to the arms.
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Although
not illustrated in
the female arms,
the motto is that
of The Republic of
New Grenada:
Libertad y Orden
(English: Liberty
and Order).
Señora Mosquera is
a “cousin” of the
poet Cinto
Verdaguer who is
regarded as one of
the greatest poets
of Catalan
literature and a
prominent literary
figure of the
Renaixença, a
cultural revival
movement of the
late Romantic era. |
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The
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Segarra De Mosquera
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