Mantle and pavilion (heraldry)

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In heraldry, a mantle is a symbol of sovereign power and is generally reserved for royalty. In some cases, its use has also been granted to other nobles, in recognition of particular merits. In ordinary rendering, the mantle is usually crimson and lined with ermine.

Certain coats of arms may also display a pavilion (similar to a baldachin) surmounting the mantle. The pavilion is said to be the invention of the Frenchman Philip Moreau.^[1] Some republics have displayed a mantle and pavillon in their coats of arms, contemporarily Serbia.

While common in continental European heraldry, the mantle and pavilion is absent in English and Scottish heraldry.^[2]

Mantle and pavilion should not be mixed with Mantling.

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Mantles

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Royal mantles

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Greater arms of Sweden, featuring a purple mantle but with no pavilion
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden's former arms as crown prince, with a blue mantle reflecting the Swedish princely mantle

Non-royal mantles

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Heraldic ornaments of a French duke and peer
Mantle and princely hat of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
Mantle and coronet of an Italian duke
Mantle and princely hat of a Polish prince
Historical mantle and chapeau of a Scottish feudal baron
Mantle and coronet of a Grandee of Spain
Mantle and princely hat of a Russian prince

Mantles of chivalric orders

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Spanish monarch's arms with the mantle of the Order of Charles III
(until 1931)
Arms of Maximilian von Fürstenberg with the mantle of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Arms of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Arms of the Order of Saint Lazarus

Mantles with pavilions

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Napoleonic heraldic mantle and pavilion, with a Napoleonic crown
Coat of arms of the Dutch monarch, with a mantle and pavilion
Grand coat of arms of the Kingdom of France
Greater coat of arms of the Russian Empire
Coat of arms of the Karadjordjevic dynasty

References

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^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909). A Complete Guide to Heraldry. London & Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 401.
^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909). A Complete Guide to Heraldry. London & Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 400.

Heraldry

Types

Topics

Achievement

Charges

Ordinaries	Annulet Bar Bend Bordure Canton Chevron (Łękawica) Componée Cross Crozier head Chief Fess Flaunch Goutte Gyron Hamade Inescutcheon Label Lozenge Orle Pale Pall Pile Roundel Bezant Saltire
Beasts	Bear Boar Bull/ox Dog/hound Camelopard Hind/stag Kangaroo Leopard Lion Wolf
Birds	Alerion Black swan Cock Crow Dove Eagle Szaszor Przepaska Martlet Pelican
Other	Bee Crapaudy Dolphin Emmet Ged Lucy Portcullis Reremouse Scallop Serpent Wolfsangel
Legendary	Allocamelus Alphyn Amphiptere Basilisk Biscione Chollima Cockatrice Dragon Chinese Enfield Garuda Griffin/Keythong Harpy Hippocampus Hippogriff Lampago Lindworm Manticore Mermaid Musimon Ouroboros Pantheon Panther Pegasus Phoenix Salamander Sea-griffin Sea-lion Tyger Unicorn Winged lion Woodwose Wyvern Yale
Plants	Fleur-de-lis Laurel wreath Oak Quatrefoil Rose Shamrock Trefoil Thistle Turnip Waterlily/Seeblatt
Knots	Bourchier Bowen Cavendish/Savoy Dacre Harrington Hastings/Hungerford Heneage Hinckaert Hungerford knot Lacy Ormonde/Wake Savoy Stafford Tristram/Bowen Wake

Tinctures

Metals	Argent (white) Or (gold)
Colours	Gules (red) Sable (black) Azure (blue) Vert (green) Purpure (purple)¹
Furs	Ermine Ermines Erminois Erminites Pean Vair Potent
Stains	Murrey (mulberry) Sanguine (blood red) Tenné
Rare metals¹	Copper Buff (metal in the United States)
Rare colours¹	Bleu celeste Brunâtre (brown) Buff (color in Canada) Cendrée Ochre Orange Rose
Realistic	Proper Carnation