Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure

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The Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure are the heraldic arms of the House of Grafton, featuring the Stuart royal coat of arms differenced by a checkered silver-and-blue border to denote a cadet branch of the royal family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coat of arms
heraldic achievement
heraldic differencing of royal arms
associatedWithDynasty House of Stuart NERFINISHED
associatedWithMonarch Charles II of England NERFINISHED
basedOn royal arms of Charles II NERFINISHED
denotes cadet branch of the royal family
features Stuart royal coat of arms NERFINISHED
geographicContext Great Britain NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
hasBordureTincture argent and azure
hasComponent quarterly royal arms of England, Scotland and Ireland (Stuart pattern) NERFINISHED
hasFunction differencing of royal arms
hasHeraldicCategory arms of bastardy
noble family arms
hasHeraldicPurpose to mark descent from Charles II outside the legitimate royal line
hasHeraldicStatus differenced royal arms
hasLanguageForm English heraldic blazon
hasOrdinary bordure compony
hasPattern compony (chequered) border
hasTincture argent
azure
hasUseContext British heraldry
noble heraldry
isDifferencedFrom undifferenced royal arms of Charles II
relatedTo arms of other illegitimate lines of Charles II
arms of the Duke of Richmond NERFINISHED
arms of the Duke of St Albans
symbolizes connection to the reigning Stuart monarch
non-succession to the throne
timePeriod late 17th century onward
usedAs arms of a royal illegitimate line
usedBy House of Grafton NERFINISHED
usedByTitleHolder Duke of Grafton NERFINISHED
Earl of Euston NERFINISHED
usedFor descendants of Charles II in the Grafton line
usedIn armorial bearings of the Dukes of Grafton

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House of Grafton coatOfArmsDescription Royal arms of Charles II within a bordure compony argent and azure