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Personal Coat of arms of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Arms of Spain of 1492 combined with the arms of Charles's father, Philip I of Castile and Tyrol
Blazon: Per fess, in chief (for Spain) per pale, dexter quarterly i and iv gules a three-towered castle Or (for Castile), ii and iii argent a lion rampant purpure armed, langued, and crowned Or (for Leon), sinister per pale, dexter Or four pallets gules (for Aragon), sinister per saltire i and iv Or four pallets gules, ii and iii argent an eagle displayed sable (for Sicily), the whole enté en point argent a pomegranate gules slipped vert (for Granada); in base quarterly, I gules a fess argent (for Austria), II azure semy-de-lis Or a bordure chequy argent and gules (new Burgundy), III bendy of six Or and azure a bordure gules (old Burgundy), IV sable a lion rampant Or armed and langued gules (for Brabant); overall at the nombril point an inescutcheon Or a lion rampant sable armed and langued gules (for Flanders) impaling argent an eagle displayed gules armed, langued, and beaked Or (for Tyrol).
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