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The Other Royal Burials in the Chapel of the Magi, Roskilde Cathedral
The other royal burials in the Chapel of the Magi (Hellitrekongers Kapel) in Roskilde Cathedral are massive sepulchers made by Dutch artists in the Renaissance style as small antique temples with...
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Another Chapel, More Armorial Royal Burials
Moving on in Roskilde Cathedral, we come to Frederik V's Chapel.Not all of the sarcophagi in this Chapel have coats of arms on them. For example, those of Frederick V (d. 1766) and his two Queens,...
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Armorial Burials in King Christian IV's Chapel in Roskilde Cathedral
Over on the other side of the church from Frederik V's Chapel, almost directly across from it, we come to King Christian IV's Chapel.This chapel has five burials in it, four of which are...
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A Final Chapel in Roskilde Cathedral, The Glücksburger
Our final stop on our tour of armorial Royal burials in Roskilde Cathedral, we come to the Glücksburger Chapel.This Chapel was built in 1924, inspired by Romanesque and Byzantine architecture, and...
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Heraldry in the News!
A recent grant of arms by the College of Arms in London has created a bit of a stir around the world.In a number of news items (I'll include links at the end of this post), much discussion has been...
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How Old Is "Old"?
Reviewing my last several photographs from Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark, I got to looking at one memorial board, and it reminded me of an article a number of years ago about a Town Crier in a city in...
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On Our Way to Visit "Hamlet's Castle"
And now, off to our final stop(s) of our trip to Denmark. This day we took the train from Copenhagen up to Helsingør, which you may recognize as the Elsinore of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Now, Helsingør is...
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Goooooooaaaaaaaalllllllllll!
It's always interesting to me to see the various logos of different football (what we Americans call "soccer"*) teams.Some of them can be quite heraldic; others, less so. And a few, I think, are...
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Ship "Heraldry" at Helsingør
Imagine that! Seeing some maritime, well, not "heraldry" exactly, but a heraldic-adjacent house flag on a ship in the port of Helsingør.Here at the bow of the merchant ship Silve you can see flying...
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The Arms of Denmark in the M/S Maritime Museum in Helsingør
The port of Helsingør is also home to the Danish National Maritime Museum, a place well worth the visit when you go there, even if you are not as big a fan of all things ships as I am. (What can I say?...
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No Surprise Here!
No, really! It isn't a surprise to find a model ship in a maritime museum.Continuing our tour of the National Maritime Museum at Helsingør, Denmark, we came across the following ship model.Explanatory...
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American Heraldry in a Danish Museum
So there we were, enjoying our time at the Danish National Maritime Museum in Helsingør, when what do you know? I see some American heraldry in a display cabinet.The legend around the circumference...
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Is It Heraldry?
It's clear that a lot of maritime-related objects have been donated over the years to the National Maritime Museum in Helsingør, Denmark. Some, as we have already seen, are even heraldic.I'm not as...
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Ship Heraldry at M/S Maritime Museum in Helsingør
In one display case at the Maritime Museum in Helsingør there were a number of plaques with coats of arms on them. A sign in the cabinet explained (in Danish and in English):THANK YOU FOR VISITINGMany...
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Today: History; Next Time: Heraldry
And now we come to the primary goal of our trip to Helsingør, Denmark: Kronborg Castle.But instead of just jumping right in and looking at the heraldry that is there, I thought it might be good to...
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Royal Ciphers on Kronborg Castle
Looking for heraldry and heraldry-like items at Kronborg Castle in Denmark, we found a number of royal ciphers. In this post, we're going to visit them in chronological order by reign:King Frederik II...
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The Smaller Arms of Denmark at Kronborg Castle
Continuing our armorial look at Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, Denmark, we were not especially surprised to find depictions of the arms of Denmark, given that Kronborg was a royal castle.Today, we're...
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The Greater Arms of Denmark in Kronborg Castle
Not surprisingly, after finding several depictions of the lesser arms of Denmark at Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, I also found the greater arms of Denmark there.Surprisingly, they were found in the...
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Territorial Coats of Arms in the Chapel at Kronborg Castle
Having already seen the lesser arms of Denmark surrounded by the arms of its territories, found in the Chapel at Kronborg Castle, as part of our post from a week ago, on February 21, today we're going...
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Armorial Tapestries in Kronborg Castle: King Knud VI
Upstairs in Kronborg Castle there is on display a series of tapestries commissioned by King Frederik II (reigned 1599-1598), who did so much to modernize and extend the Castle, depicting some of his...
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