A Lion Rampant Sable Ducally Crowned

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Surnames Associated with this Crest:

• Ouvry
  

Crest Symbolism:

This striking crest features a lion rampant, standing erect on its hind leg with forelegs raised in a posture of ferocity and attack. In heraldry, the lion is the emblem of deathless courage, strength, and nobility. The lion is blazoned as Sable (black), a colour traditionally associated with constancy, wisdom, and prudence. It is ducally crowned with a coronet of strawberry leaves in Gules (red), signifying military fortitude and magnanimity. The claws and tongue are also Gules ("armed and langued"), emphasizing the beast's natural weapons and readiness for defense. Together, this crest symbolizes a family of constant wisdom and fierce, noble courage, possessing the authority and strength to defend their own.

(Plate 2, Crest 1, Fairbairn, J. (1905). Fairbairn’s book of crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland)