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Arnault - Arnould - Arrighi de Casanova - Artaut de Bremerberg - Arthuys - Asinari de Bernezgo - Asinari de Saint-Marsan - Asselin - Asselin de Villencourt - Astorg
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ARNAULT
Antoine-Vincent ARNAULT (1766-1834), knight of the empire by letters patent of 6 September 1811, donee on Trasimène on 30 June 1811, secretary of the cabinet of the countess of Provence (1788), advisor of the imperial University, members of the Institute, deputy in 1815, members of the French Academy, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Regulation of coats of arms:
Or to a wheat sheaf Vert, a narrow chief charged with Azure two mullets Argent; , a chevron Gules debruising and charged in base of the mark of knights of the Legion of Honour.
ARNOULD
Ambroise-Henri ARNOULD (1757-1812), knight of the empire by letters patent of May 1808, Master of requests to the Revenue Chamber, State counsellor. Regulation of coats of arms:
Argent, a fess Gules, charged of the mark of knights of the Legion of Honour and accompanied in base of a beaver Sable.
ARRIGHI OF CASANOVA
Antoine-Louis ARRIGHI OF CASANOVA (1755-1810), baron of the empire by letters patent of 16 September 1808, bishop of Acqui. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly to the 1st Argent, 3 bend sinisters Gules Argent, a narrow chief Azure charged of a mullet Argent; to the 2nd of the barons bishops; to the 3rd Azure to the tower Argent, open, windows and masoned Sable, on the arm of the same issuant of one fenestrates in sinister, holding a key Or in pale, and accosted in sinister lion Or rampant, armed and langued Gules, grasping the key of its dexter paw; the whole supported of a terrace in base Vert; to the 4th Or to the issuing from dexter flank sphinx Sable, holding a standard, 3 tails of horse set in bend sinister also Sable; to the cross Purpure debruising on the quarterly one, charged of five mullets Argent.
Jean-Thomas (alias All Saints' Day) ARRIGHI OF CASANOVA (1778-1853), duke of Padoue by letters patent of 24 April 1808, major general, Large Officcier of the Legion of Honour; peer to Hundred-Days, 2 June 1815, senator of the empire (1852), deputy of Corsica (1849). Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly: to 1st and 4th Argent to the trellised and umbrated cross Azure; to 2nd and 3rd Or to the Egyptian sphinx bearing in bend sinister a standard Turkish, 3 tails, the whole Sable, and supported by Gules; , a chief dukes of the empire.
Transmission of the majorat emoluments and the title of duke OF PADOUE attached there, conferred to Jean-Thomas ARRIGHI OF CASANOVA, duke OF PADOUE, by letters patent of 24 April 1808, confirmed in favour of the son, Ernest-Louis-Henri-Hyacinthe ARRIGHI OF CASANOVA, by ministerial order of 20 November 1853.
ARTAUT OF BREMERBERG
Jean-Pierre ARTAUT alias ARTAULT (1770-1837), knight of the empire under the denomination of Bremerberg, by letters patent of 31 January 1810, donee in Westphalia on 19 March 1808, major of the chasseurs to horse, Knight of the Legion of Honour. Regulation of coats of arms:
Vert, a chevron Or accompanied in chief of a wood pigeon Argent, accosted of two towers of the same and in base of a lion holding a sword also Argent, a bordure Gules, charged of the mark of knights of the Legion of Honour.
ARTHUYS
Philippe-Claude ARTHUYS OF CHARNISAY (1765-1828), baron of the empire, with institution of majorat, by letters patent of 29 January 1811, member of the body of electors of Indre, first president to the Court of Orleans. Regulation of coats of arms:
Argent, a chevron Vert accompanied of three leaves of oak of the same, 2 and 1; to the quarter of the barons members of the body of electors.
Title of hereditary baron confirmed in favour of Philippe-Claude ARTHUYS, baron of the Empire, first president to the court of Orleans, by letters patent of 28 December 1816. Regulation of coats of arms:
Argent, a chevron Gules, accompanied of three leaves of oak of the same, 2 and 1.
ASINARI OF BERNEZGO
Joseph-Marie-Jacques-Xavier ASINARI OF BERNEZZO (1764-????), baron of the empire by letters patent of 14 April 1810, member of the body of electors of Po. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly: to the 1st, per bend sinister Gules and Argent; to the 2nd, barons members of the body of electors; to the 3rd, quarterly Gules and Argent; to the 4th, Azure to a tower Or; a bordure compony Gules and Argent.
ASINARI OF SAINT-MARSAN
Philippe-Antoine-Marie ASINARI OF SAINT-MARSAN or SAN MARSANO (1767-1828), count of the empire by letters patent of 26 October 1808, State counsellor, ambassador plenipotentiary senator, 5 April 1813, Knight of the Legion of Honour. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure to a tower Or, embattled and windows of the same, a bordure compony Argent and Gules; to the quarter of the counts State counsellors.
ASSELIN
Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Marguerite ASSELIN (1770-1849), baron of the empire by letters patent of 5 August 1812, mayor of Blois, member of the body of electors of Dormouse-and-Cher, prefect, Officer Of The Legion Of Honour. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure to a wung wyvern Or langued Gules; to the quarter of the barons mayors.
Title of hereditary baron confirmed in favour of Louis-Jean-Baptist-Daisy, baron ASSELIN, baron of the Empire, sub-prefect, by letters patent of 11 November 1814. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure, to the wyvern Or, langued Gules.
ASSELIN OF VILLENCOURT
Domitien-Joseph ASSELIN OF WILLIENCOURT (1771-1835), knight of the empire by letters patent of 22 October 1810, donee on Mount-of-Milan on 17 March 1808 and Erfurt on 15 August 1809, adjudant-commanding, retired honorary marshal of camps (1819), Knight of the Legion of Honour, knight of Saint-Louis. Regulation of coats of arms:
Or to a escutcheon Azure charged with three spur rowels Argent 2 and 1; a bordure Gules charged of the mark of knights of the Legion of Honour.
Title of hereditary knight, conferred to Domitien-Joseph ASSELIN OF WILLIENCOURT, by letter of 22 October 1810, confirmed in favour of the grandson, Alfred-Paul-Domitien-Adolphe ASSELIN OF WILLIENCOURT, by imperial decree of 11 March 1863. Coats of arms:
Azure, 3 cross formy, patty in base Argent, a bordure cousu Gules, charged of eight mullets Or.
ASTORG
Jacques-Pierre-Prothade-Hippolyte of ASTORG (1759-1828), baron of the empire with majorat by letters patent of 28 May 1809, count by royal decree of 1825, mayor of Saint-Cyr-the-River, deputy (1815), comtre-admiral, Officer Of The Legion Of Honour, knight of Saint-Louis. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly: to 1st and 4th, Or to a cross anchored Sable; to the 2nd, barons mayors; to the 3rd, Sable to a falcon Argent, jessed and grilled Or, set on a hand gauntleted of the same, issuing sinister, a narrow chief Azure, charged with two spearheads Argent and an demy-iron of spear of the same in base.
Title of hereditary count on institution of majorat (estate of Alpine Laburnum, legatee initially to the title of baron by letters patent of 28 May 1809), in favour of Jacques-Pierre-Prothade, baron of ASTORG, by letters patent of 30 August 1825. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly: to 1st and 4th Or, to the eagle displayed Sable reguardant a sun in splendour Gules, naissant of the dexter angle of the chief of the shield; to 2nd and 3rd Sable, to the falcon Argent, jessed and grilled Or, set on a glove of the same and accompanied in chief of two fleur de lys Argent and, in base, of a demy-flower of lily of the same, moving of the lower dexter angle of the shield.