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GÉRARD - GERBAIX SONNAZ - GERDY - GERMAIN - GERMAIN - GESLIN - GHILINI DE CASTEL CERIOLO - GHILINI DE VILLENEUVE - GIANI - GIFFLENGUE
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GERARD (Philippe-Joseph), captain to the 27° chasseurs with horse, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 22 March 1814. Regulation of coats of arms:
Per pale; 1st, Argent to the palm tree Vert; 2nd, Azure to the facing the sinister Argent, on the sinister is set crescent of a mullet of the same; terrace in base Gules, mark of knights of the Legion of Honour; for liveries: colours of the shield, the green one in bordure only.
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BB/29/973 page 87. Title of knight, granted to Philippe, Joseph Gérard, following the decree of 4 December 1813 naming it members Legion of honour. Tileries (22 March 1814).
GERBAIX-SONNAZ (Joseph-Marie of), squire of the princess Pauline, duchess of Guastalla, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 9 March 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly 1st, Argent to the cross Gules; 2nd, officers of the houses of the princes of our family; 3rd, lozengy Gules and Argent, 4th, Azure at the height of charged with Argent three mullets Gules and for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/967 page 83. Title of baron, granted by decree of 3 December 1809, in Joseph, Marie de Gerbaix Sonnaz. Paris (9 March 1710).
BB/29/1064 page 151. Mr. the baron Gerbaix Sonnaz.
GERDY (Pierre-Joseph-Philibert), colonel of 1st of artillery on foot, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 11 June 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Sable, 3 shells splitting Or, inflammed Gules, a bordure compony Azure and Or; quarter military barons; and for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/967 page 333. Title of baron, granted by decree of 15 August 1809, in Pierre, Joseph, Philibert Gerdy. Saint-Cloud (11 June 1810).
BB/29/1065 page 50. Mr. Gerdy.
GERMAIN (Auguste-Jean), chamberlain of the Emperor, count of Monforton with majorat by letters patent of 19 December 1809. Regulation of coats of arms:
The first per pale Azure, mark of the Counts, officers of Our house, and Gules to two keys in saltire Argent; the second Azure to the tower Or, embattled of five pieces, windows, masoned and open Sable, accosted in dexter and in sinister of a high sword in pale Argent; and for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/1001 pages 198-201. Institution of majorat attached to title of count to the profit of Auguste, Jean Germain, granted by letters patent of 19 December 1809, in Trianon.
GERRAIN (Simon), chief of light battalion to the 28e, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 30 July 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Tierced, in fess Argent, Gules and Azure; Argent to the horse rearing, facing the sinister Sable, Gules, mark of the knights; Azure to the hunting horn; for liveries: white, blue, red, black.
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BB/29/972 page 103. Title of knight granted to Simon Gerrain, following the decree of the 5 nivôse year XIV appointing it Officer of the Legion of Honour. Saint-Cloud (30 July 1810).
BB/29/1073 page 105. Mr. the Gerrain knight.
GESLIN (Jean-Baptist-Charles-Bertrand), mayor of Nantes, president of the body of electors of Loire-Lower, baron of the Empire by letters patent of 11 July 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly, 1st, Or, a bend Azure, charged of three mullets Argent; 2nd, barons taken among the mayors; 3rd, Azure to the ship, 3 chechmates sailing on a sea Argent; 4th, Sable to the helm in front Or, traversed in bend high sword Argent; for liveries: yellow, red, blue, black and white.
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BB/29/967 page 364. Title of baron, granted by decree of 5 March 1810, in Jean, Baptiste, Charles Bertrand Geslin. Rambouillet (11 July 1810).
BB/29/1065 page 75. Mr. the baron Bertrand Geslin.
GHILINI OF CASTEL-CERIOLO (Marie), lieutenant-colonel in retirement, colonel commanding of the guard of honour of the department of Marengo, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 20 August 1809. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure to the lion Argent, reguardant surmounted of three mullets of the same, terrace in base Gules to the third of the shield, mark of the knights. For liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/970 page 477. Title of knight, granted to Ambroise, Marie Ghilini of Castel Ceriolo, following the decree of the 14 floréal year XIII naming it members Legion of honour. Schoenbrunn (20 August 1809).
BB/29/1072 page 182. Mr. the Ghilini knight of Castel Ceriolo.
GHILINI OF VILLENEUVE (Ambroise-Marie), chamberlain of the Emperor, count of the Empire by letters patent of 9 September 1810. Regulation of coats of arms:
Quarterly 1st, counts officers of our house; to the 2nd contrécartelé to the 1st and 4th lozengy Azure and Or, to the 2nd and 3rd Gules plain, 3rd, Azure to the lion surmounted of three mullets in fess Argent 4th, contrécartelé to the 1st and 4th Or to the well Sable accosted of two affrontee and counter-rampant wung snakes of the same, to the 2nd and 3rd Or to the vol of 2 wings conjoined in base supported by two eagle's claws Sable: For liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/967 page 454. Title of count, granted by decree of 24 June 1810, in Ambroise Marie Ghilini of Villeneuve. Saint-Cloud (9 September 1810).
BB/29/1065 page 116. Mr. the Ghilini count of Villeneuve.
GIANI (Laurent-Marie-Ferdinand-Felix), knight of the Empire by letters patent of 1 January 1813. Regulation of coats of arms:
Azure, a bend cousu third of the shield Gules charged of the mark of knights of the Legion of Honour, accompanied in chief of a free horse, Or and in base of a high sword of the same; for liveries: colours of the shield.
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BB/29/972 page 458. Title of knight granted to Laurent, to Marie, Ferdinand, Félix Giani, following the decree of 30 May 1809 naming it members Legion of honour. Paris (1 January 1813).
BB/29/1075 page 193. Mr. Giani, ex-lieutenant to the 53e of infantry of line.
GIFFLENGUE (Alexandre-Derège), colonel of cavalry, knight of the Empire by letters patent of 15 January 1809. Regulation of coats of arms:
Checky Argent and Sable, a bend Gules of the third of the shield, mark of the knights debruising over all. Liveries colours of the shield.
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BB/29/970 page 296. Title of knight, granted to Alexandre Dérégé Gifflengue, following the decree of 14 May 1807 naming it members Legion of honour. Valladolid (15 January 1809).
BB/29/1072 page 92. Mr. the Gifflengue knight.