Other Historic Figures
Foreign Contributors to American Independence
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Estaing, VAdm Charles Henri, Comte d' (Château de Ravel, 1729-Paris, 1794)
Azure three fleurs-de-lis and a chief Or
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Gálvez y Madrid, Col Bernardo de (Macharaviaya, Andalusia, 1746-Tacubaya, Mexico, 1786)
Quarterly, 1st grand quarter per pale, Dexter Argent from a terrace a tree Vert surmounted by two wolves passant in pale Sable, sinister Argent three escallops Azure (Gálvez); 2nd grand quarter quarterly, i Or a bend Gules, ii Argent a cross of Calatrava Gules, iii Argent a lion rampant Purpure, iv Or a castle triple-towered proper (Madrid); 3rd grand quarter Azure a tower supported by two lions and in chief an estoile [Argent]; 4th grand quarter Argent two goats in pale Sable (Cabrera)
Spanish Governor of Louisiana, 1777-83. Defeated British forces at Mobile and Pensacola. Original arms; see augmented version below.
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Gálvez y Madrid, Field Marshal Bernardo de, Conde de Gálvez and Visconde de Galveston (1746-1786)
Quarterly, 1st grand quarter quarterly, i Or a bend Gules, ii Argent a cross of Calatrava Gules, iii Argent a lion rampant Purpure, iv Or a castle proper (Madrid); 2nd grand quarter per pale, dexter Gules three gold marks proper (bezants) within a bordure counter-compony Azure and Argent, sinister Gules a castle Or flagged Azure (Marques); 3rd grand quarter Argent two goats in pale Sable (Cabrera); 4th Argent a man standing on the deckhouse of the brigantine Galveztown under sail flagged Azure with a streamer in chief charged with the words “Yo Solo” proper (augmentation of honor); on a point in point Azure a fleur-de-lis Or; over all an inescutcheon per pale, dexter Argent a tree Vert surmounted by two wolves passant in pale Sable langued Gules, sinister Argent three escallops Azure (Gálvez)
Augmented in connection with his ennoblement by royal decree, 1783, in honor of his victory at Pensacola. See original arms above.
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Grasse, Lt Gen François-Joseph Paul, Comte de (Le Bar sur Loup, France 1723-Tilly, France, 1788)
Or a lion rampant crowned with an antique crown Sable
Lieutenant general in the French Navy; defeated the British fleet at the Battle of the Virginia Capes, September 1781.
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Kosciuszko, Brig Gen Tadeusz Bonawentura (Mereczowszczyzna, Pol, 1746-Solothurn, Switz, 1817)
The Polish proclamatio arms "Roch III," viz. Gules three bars couped, the middle and lower progressively smaller than the one above, the uppermost issuing a demi-fleur-de-lis Argent
Engineer officer; designed fortifications of Philadelphia and West Point.
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Lafayette (la Fayette), Maj Gen Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (Chavaniac, France, 1757-Paris, 1834)
Gules a bend Or within a bordure Vair
Major general, Continental Army; secured French commitment of troops to the war.
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Pułaski, Brig Gen Casimir (Kazimierz Michał Wacław Wiktor) (Warsaw, 1745-nr Savannah, 1779)
The Polish proclamatio arms "Ślepowron," viz. Azure a horseshoe Argent surmounted of a cross paty Or and thereupon a raven rising proper holding in his beak a gem-ring Or
Father of the American cavalry
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Rochambeau, Lt Gen Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de (Vendôme, France, 1725-Thoré, France, 1807)
Azure a chevron between three mullets of six points pierced Or
Commander of French land forces; later a marshal of France
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Steuben, Maj Gen Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von (Magdeburg, Ger, 1730-Utica, N.Y., 1794)
Per pale Azure and Argent a bend Gules
Inspector general of the Continental Army and author of its Regulations for Order and Discipline; used the arms of an unrelated, higher-ranking family of the same name.
Commander of French naval forces off North America, 1778-80; later (1792) appointed Admiral of France.