Louis de Gruuthuse

Louis de Bruges, Lord of Gruuthuse, Prince of Steenhuijs, Earl of Winchester (Dutch: Lodewijk van Brugge; c. 1427 – 24 November 1492), was a Flemish courtier, bibliophile, soldier and nobleman. He was awarded the title of Earl of Winchester by King Edward IV of England in 1472, and was Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland 1462–77.

Arms of Lewis de Gruuthuse: left: his paternal arms; right: English arms granted him by the king of England: "Azure, dix mascles d'or, enormé d'une canton de nostre propre armes de Angleterre; c'est a savoir: de gules a(vec) une Lipard passant d'or armée d'azure (Azure, ten mascles or on a canton Our own arms of England, that is to say: Gules, a leopard passant or armed azure). These arms make reference to the old English arms of de Quincey, Earls of Winchester: Gules, seven mascles or 3,3,1.
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