Talk:Götz von Berlichingen

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I was just wondering if he was an armiger, and, if so, if a coat-of-arms can be located for him. --Daniel C. Boyer 16:33, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Yes, he was an armiger. According to [1]:

Es zeigt in Schwarz ein fünfspeichiges silbernes Rad, und.auf dem bekrönten Helm darüber einen Wolf mit einem Lamm im Rachen. Am Portal des Roten Schlosses in Jagsthausen ist das Wappen am prächtigsten dargestellt, der Wappenmaler hat dort sogar, ganz unheraldisch, die Blutspuren im Lammfell koloriert.

"[The coat of arms of Götz von Berlichingen] shows in black a wheel with five spokes, and above the crowned helmet above a wolf with a lamb in its mouth. The most splendid rendering is on the gate of the "red castle" at Jagsthausen, where the painter even did color, in a quite un-heraldic manner, show the blood on the lamb's fur."

Here is his COA (referred to at [2], but when I type in that URL directly, I get to the top page. Navigate to "Kultur", then to "Ritter und Ritterbünde", then to the next page) as shown at castle Hornberg.

The coat of arms of the village of Jagsthausen obviously is derived from Götz's coat of arms, showing his iron hand in black on a white background in the upper half, and a white five-spoked wheel on black background in the lower half. Lupo 12:55, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Sickingen death is given as May 7, 1523 in his article so how could he have participated with Gotz in the peasants' war.